In a message dated 2/1/2002 11:15:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, ODivaTina@a... writes:
> I hear her as > very heavy mechanism based, to the point of using what I call "raw chest" > in > the lower ranges, with no light mechanism mixed in.
i don't remember horne doing what i call the 'reverse yodel' but, most of the stuff i have heard her in has been fairly high. i think the heaviness you hear in her voice is a matter of resonance not her using chest voice. if she were a 'reverse yodler', she would be more likely to fit into the mold of someone who uses light mechanism like catsup, putting it everywhere except, on the very lowest notes.
i have never heard von stade doing the 'reverse yodel' (and, i have heard her singing fairly low stuff ) so, that would seem to indicate that she makes a transition to the heavier mechanism higher than those who do that 'slam thing' on the bottom. barry manilow sings in heavy mechanism but, his voice is anything but that which we would call heavy.
all voices are a combination of the signal generated by the vocal folds (as actuated by air) and a resonator, the vocal tract (and, i suppose we could include the room one is singing in, too). i think the confusion starts when we fail to consider the effect of the two components on the sound, seperately.
mike
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