In a message dated 3/13/2002 12:57:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, dgrogan@e... writes: > > So, while there is not a different mechanism used for singing, it is used > in > unique ways that differentiate it from speaking. Kind of like the > difference in walking and dancing, or treading water and swimming. >
david,
your comparison of walking and talking to dancing and singing is much more in keeping with reality than the claims that singing comes from a different voice.
all the things you mention, the sustaining of a specific pitch despite variances in volume, the sustaining of a particular vowel as opposed to a glide, etc., are matters of management that require different decisions rather than different mechanics. and all these changes can be applied to speaking as well as singing.
by making more of what is required for singing, we make the task of singing appear to be more difficult than it need be. (maybe that's the idea, to keep it 'elite'.) i do think that anyone who can talk, and recognize one note from another, can sing. what gets in most people's way are misconceptions of how sound works (like thinking 'high' and 'low' are a matter of height instead of frequency) and a failure to identify exactly what the task is.
mike
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