GWendel: >>... He had me sing a low note passage of some aria "...and try to sound as >>baritonal as you can possibly manage..." Afterwards, he said "Good, now >>don't ever sing that way again!" Reminds me of some of your methods, John.
John: >Yup, except that I probably wouldn't tell someone to never sing that >way again. (Or maybe I would.) Maybe sometime, in some situation, it >would be appropriate to sing that way. I would hope that my student, >after trying to sound as baritonial as possible, would be clearer >about his options and make an intelligent choice.
Actually, you should have seen it (or not). I was pressing every note; trying to add as much weight as I could to get as much baritonal "authority" into my voice as possible. It was very tiring.
>I hope that you'll try the experiment I suggested in my last post >(singing a lot of low material on your own). I suspect that it would >lead you to some interesting discoveries.
I really am able to sing in chest without difficulty and easily flow into my mix as long as I allow myself to sound like a tenor. My vibrato is not strident and the resonance is there. It's just soft; not very powerful. And when I get into church, that voice gets buried. Yesterday, I forced myself not to press. I had to cup my hand over my ear to hear myself over the bellowing, but it worked. I didn't have any trouble finding my mixed voice. And once in mix, I could let 'er rip, so to speak. I'm self conscious about covering an ear, though.
GWendel, tenor
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