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From:  "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
Date:  Sun Sep 8, 2002  12:54 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Summer Ramblings

Mike:
You wrote:
> i don't think consonants have to be long to be clear. the problem
>with most choirs is that many people who sing in them are under the
>impression that the initial consonant goes on the beat rather than just
>before it while, others who put the intitial consonant before the beat, are
>singing the intitial vowel sound on the beat. also, many amateur singers do
>not connect vowels behind consonants which, reduces the efficiency of
>resonance for voiced consonants.


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--
Lloyd W. Hanson





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