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From:  buzzcen@a...
buzzcen@a...
Date:  Tue Oct 2, 2001  9:13 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] A question of register


In a message dated 10/2/2001 11:13:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
mrclmind@a... writes:
mrclmind@a... writes:


> Randy:
>
> It is common for me to have a new female student come into my studio
> with an operatic background, whereupon I vocalize her using a five
> note scale, and she will sing with a weak head voice down at middle c
> and below. Finding the chest voice in the first place is often our
> main challenge, then convincing them that it is safe for them to have
> a connection to that chest feeling up to the A, is a matter of time
> and patience. When they get that feeling of connection and see how
> much easier it is for them to find the mix using that connection, the
> expression of excitement on their faces (100% of the time), is my main
> reward for teaching voice... it far surpases the monetary compensation
> I get.
>
> My operatic Sopranos use as much chest voice as my pop singers.
> Granted, the mix is less hard than with the pop voices, but the chest
> connection is just as solid. One of the biggest surprizes these women
> experience is how much their top end has been extended once they have
> a connection to the bottom.
>
> Guy Babusek
>
>

I agree with you 100%. The top voice is set up much more efficiently if the
chest register is engaged and not prematurely disengaged.

Randy Buescher




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