In a message dated 11/15/02 11:45:07 AM Central Standard Time, Greypins@a... writes:
> . > > btw, who is kate? > >
Kate is my 20 year old daughter.
I disagree about the speaking/singing voice thing--there is a difference. I can sing in my speaking voice and it sounds like yelling. Little children do this a lot. The singing voice is in a different place. Same pitches, different timbre. More comfortable, can be done for longer periods of time without fatigue. However, without us being able to actually hear each other we don't need to argue this because for all we know we are not understanding each other exactly.....:-)
One reason I am so opinionated about this is that I had voice surgery 4 years ago this Sunday, primarily because I sang too low and pushed my chest voice too high. And the doctor who rehabbed me told me that most voice problems are seen in sopranos and tenors who push their chest voices. Unbeknownst to me, I am actually a coloratura soprano, even though I sang for many, many years believing that I was an alto.....I think lazy has something to do with this.
It occurs to me that perhaps one reason some of these pop singers can do what they do without getting into trouble is because, if they sang opera, they might be classified with a heavier, more dramatic type of voice. Those voices seem to be less easily damaged than the lighter soprano or tenor. BUT, judging from the pictures on the wall at the Vanderbilt Voice Center, many of these people are patients there, which says something. Dr. Cleveland told me that he didn't see too many classical singers.....
Leslie
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