At 06:23 PM 1/1/02 EST, Greypins@a... wrote: > i believe that most singers are capable of singing more than they think >they can. anybody with a good technique can usually vocalize a wider range >than they would ever use (practically speaking, most music doesn't use more >than a 12th). so, the most apparently prohibitive element in 'singing >whatever you want' might not be the obstacle many assume it is. (i should >add that extending one's range on the high end is far more doable than >extending it on the lower end so, some people are just plain screwed in that >regard.)...<snip>
I agree largely with what you have written here, mike, and with the rest as well. However, there is also the issue of timbre/colour. When listening to an oratorio such as "Die Schopfung", even though the tenor and baritone overlap in tessitura, it's easy to pick out who's who. A baritone's middle C sounds very different from a tenor's middle C. I know baritones who have higher notes than some tenors; and some tenors who have better low notes than some baritones; but when they sing, it's seems pretty clear as to who's what. So the differences appears to me to be more than range and tessitura comfort. Isn't this a pretty important question for students and singing teachers? Students may come to them with layers of other stuff covering up their true voices?
GWendel, dT
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