Hello, alex69rox and listers. I will tell you as a vocalist, that you can hurt your voice by speaking improperly. While I never had a problem, I began to encounter one when I started to learn Chinese (Mandarin dialect). The speaking tones are produced entirely different from English and in a different portion of the throat with a different mechanism. I would wind up coughing and feeling pain just from speaking. So, yes, the proper production of the speaking voice is important to avoid hurting your throat in particular. (Now I have to learn to speak properly in Chinese!) But now ... about that Michael Jackson thing ... you need to ask your teacher why he(?) feels it is necessary to speak so carefully, softly or in such a high tone. I'm curious as to his answer. Cindi. "alex69rox <alex69rox@y... wrote:I am a barritone, I have been taking voice lessons for 6 months:
Everytime I start speaking like my voice teacher tells me to, I sound really weird, like Michael Jackson lol. I was just wondering if I must speak in such a high (girly) tone to preserve my voice? thanks!
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