Dre, I don't disagree, but I would say that the difference between the tenor
and baritone head voice is a result of training. I believe the baritone head
voice could have the same quality as the tenor sound you describe. It is
just that most baritones and basses don't train their voices to include head
voice in their normal tone. If they did they would have more ease and
success in singing the top portion of their range, and there wouldn't be a
lack of Verdi baritones. Someone might say then they wouldn't be baritones,
but they would. They would just then be able to sing high notes in an
exciting fashion like a good tenor can. Paul Plishka has said that when he
was training the notes his teacher liked seemed like a tenor to him when he
sang them. He is a bass. Another bass I think was like a tenor was Martti
Talvela. He sang with focus in his head and had no problems with his top.
But most baritones and basses think they can get by using just their low
chest voice for the whole range. That's why they usually sound hollow or
bellowing.
Michael
>From: "Dre de Man" <dredeman@y...>
>In my opinion, a tenor's head voice, be it technically the same as the head
>voice of a baritone or a bass, sounds completely different. Where a
>baritone's head voice has something falsettoish, and a bass' head voice can
>even be rough, a tenor's head voice is even almost without adding support
>already bright, in fact like a woman's head voice.
>
>Now the funny thing is, that it still sounds male, especially when enough
>support is being used, whereas a falsetto tone has something female. I
>think this has to do with the fact that the overtones of a tenor's head
>voice suggest a tone at the top of a voice, whereas the relative lack of
>overtones in a baritone's head voice, have much resemblance with a note on
>the lower end of a (untrained) female middle voice.
>
>Just my 2 Eurocent,
>
>Best greetings,
>
>Dre
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