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From:  gwyee@r...
gwyee@r...
Date:  Sat Aug 25, 2001  6:37 pm
Subject:  Strohbass--was Fach this Vocal Identity Crisis!


At 06:45 PM 8/24/01 -0000, Tako Oda wrote:
>When I started out, I aggresively trained my low range, not realizing
>that the low notes were not really mine, but just a very strong
>strohbass. Wasted several years doing that! Turns out I don't have
>much of a legitimate low range at all, but instead have an extended
>upper range.

Dear Tako and Listmates,

Please tell me what "strohbass" means. My German dictionary defines "stroh"
as straw. My music dictionary defines "strohfidel" as xylophone [as the
pitchboards were originally suspended on straw ropes]. Is the strohbass a
baritone "suspended by ropes" :-) ?

When I first started private voice lessons my first teacher placed me as a
baritone and proceeded to help me strengthen my low notes. But singing this
way was very tiring and often left me a bit hoarse and with an impaired top.
I sought some "second opinions". My current teacher worked with me for a
few weeks, then told me I was trying to "beef up my low notes", and that I
shouldn't sing that way, and is now training me as a tenor. I suspect I may
be a very light and high lyric baritone, but he just says I am a "developing
tenor" as the top seems to be still going up. I wonder if I was trying to
use "strohbass" before?

GWendel, dT



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  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
13845 Re: Strohbass--was Fach this Vocal Identity Cris PCT Hiker   Sun  8/26/2001   4 KB
13847 Re: Strohbass--was Fach this Vocal Identity Cris MFoxy9795@a...   Sun  8/26/2001   2 KB
13849 Re: Strohbass--was Fach this Vocal Identity Cris Tako Oda   Mon  8/27/2001   3 KB
13850 Naming of notes [WAS: Strohbass] John Link   Mon  8/27/2001   2 KB
13851 Re: Naming of notes [WAS: Strohbass] Karen Mercedes   Mon  8/27/2001   3 KB
13853 Re: Naming of notes [WAS: Strohbass] John Link   Mon  8/27/2001   2 KB
13852 Re: Naming of notes [WAS: Strohbass] Tako Oda   Mon  8/27/2001   2 KB
13855 Re: Strohbass John Link   Mon  8/27/2001   2 KB
13859 Re: Strohbass Tako Oda   Tue  8/28/2001   3 KB

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