I would suggest for now that you follow your teacher's advice, unless you have some reason to doubt his ability - in which case why pay to study with him. Since we have all been listening to the Pavarotti clip I thought I would quote some of his thoughts on this.
"Learning to control the passaggio is very difficult and takes much time and work. There are different techniques for doing this, and different teachers have their preferences. The important thing is to pick one technique and stick to it." From Pavarotti: My World. Published 1995. Chatto and Windus ISBN0701163232
He later mentions that it took him six years to be able to sing confidently through his passaggio. It has taken me about the same length of time, and I went through the same thoughts of "this isn't working - must try something else". I too thought about what people describe as register blending, but I stuck with my teacher's method and now feel very comfortable singing through my passaggio. If you feel you must try a different method then you must have the courage of your convictions - change to a teacher who teaches the method you want and stick with it.
Colin Reed, tenor Newark, UK
----- Original Message ----- From: <decentefsci@h...> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 07 February 2003 17:30 Subject: [vocalist] Re: Chord closure problem
>> Dear Catherine. > I have discussed this issue with my teacher. > He doesn't believe in building head voice from falsetto. > He prefers using trills, humming exercises,etc. > He claims that falsetto can be streghtened,but it can't reach the > quality of pure head voice.He also thinks that this method is also > unsuitable for blending the registers. > > What should i do? > > Thanks for once more. > > > > > > > >
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