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From:  John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
Date:  Wed Jun 27, 2001  7:51 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] NO VIBRATO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


By the time I get over there (I plan to visit France with my daughter in a
couple of years) you'll be just fine, I'm sure! john

At 06:52 AM 6/27/01 +0000, you wrote:
>John,
>
>If ever you're in Switzerland, I'll take you up on the offer the the
>half-hour to "trick" me into singing with a vibrato!!
>
>Arado
>
>> It's certainly possible that a vibrato just won't happen, but
>unlikely. I
>> wish I could spend just a half-hour with you and I could 'trick'
>you into
>> producing a vibrato. It's important to realise that, although one
>may 'do'
>> all sorts of things to begin to get the idea of how a vibrato
>feels - it is
>> essentially a natural thing resulting from freedom or dynamic
>relaxation.
>> For what it's worth, I first noticed a vibrato in my own
>voice at about
>> age 39, after singing in a very controlled way in choirs for much
>of my
>> life. I was tired, had been assigned what turned out to be a big
>solo part
>> in Praetorius' Christmas Oratorio. I had just been sick, hadn't
>sung for a
>> few days and thought that I would sit at the piano and look through
>this
>> music. I played it over on the piano (saving my voice, you see) and
>got it
>> into my head before I tried to sing this unfamiliar stuff. When I
>started
>> to sing, there was a vibrato. perhaps if I had been full of energy
>I could
>> have controlled the hell out of it, but, being low key I observed
>what it
>> felt like, and tried to remember the feeling. By the way the
>subsequent
>> richness in my voice and the drama of the performance led to me
>getting
>> many of the plum solo gigs in this community, and encouraged me to
>really
>> develop my solo instrument.
>> May you have such fortune. john
>>
>> At 03:11 PM 6/26/01 +0000, you wrote:
>> >I seem to have one of those "pure" voices. I can not do a
>vibrato.
>> >I have been to two different teachers without success. I don't
>want
>> >to be stuck singing plainchant or something like that for the rest
>of
>> >my life. Any tips? My support seems to be okay, I usually do
>> >the "yawny" relaxed throat and mouth, no problem with long phrases
>> >but ... no vibrato!!! Help. Oh yes, I've tried singing trills
>and
>> >all sorts of exercises that are supposed to help but without any
>luck!
>> >
>> >Arado
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> John Blyth
>> Baritono robusto e lirico
>> Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
>
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>
John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

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