diana_92024@y... wrote:
> I do believe the more solid the technique
Margaret Harrison wrote:
>When you've got your vocal technique in hand
...and many others have written something about technique being
solid. (E.g., my teacher is giving me a solid technique.)
I'm curious about just where this sort of verbalization comes from.
Do instrumentalists tend to speak this way? I don't think so. How is
it that singers come to talk about technique, which I understand as a
_way of doing something, as though it were a thing itself? Is it
because singers have no strings to change, no reeds to fuss with, no
valves to lubricate, no skins to adjust? Is it because singers, going
on stage with no external instrument, tend to feel vulnerable, and in
order to calm their anxiety pretend that they take with them
something solid (their technique!) to protect themselves against the
risk of appearing foolish?
I'd be interested to read what any of you have to say about this matter.
Curiously,
John Link
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http://www.cdBaby.com/JohnLink2 (John Link Sextet)
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