On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 leskayc@a... wrote:
> The first time Dr. Cleveland at Vanderbilt Voice Center saw me he stated that
> he knew that I was a soprano before he ever heard me sing because I am small
> and his comment was that tiny people have tiny instruments and that tiny
> instruments make high pitches. BUT, I have a friend who is a countertenor
> and is 6'5" and weighs about 275#. This guy is gigantic. Kind of makes you
> wonder, huh?
Dear Leslie,
A teacher who would be willing to diagnose fach based on appearance? As
stated in the previous message, I do believe it is possible to draw
correlations on a broad scale. That said, I think this teacher can be
accused of pedagogical malpractice!
Anyone who knows my history knows I was mis-diagnosed as a bass early
on, due to a well-developed strohbass (more on this subject later ;) so
I am emotionally triggered by displays of purported omniscience by
teachers - especially ones that haven't even heard a student yet!
As stated in an earlier message, I think there are strong correlations
(although not without exceptions) between height and chest voice range.
I don't believe the correlations are quite as strong between height and
head voice range. It would be therefore easy to imagine a very tall
light soprano or countertenor.
-Tako
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