> Even if females sing in their high range > or in the upper part of their middle voice with a > breathy tone which requires closure rates that are > open more than closed, they are not singing > in falsetto. They cannot because their vocal folds > are too short to obtain the falsetto position of > the male voice. The tone may imitate the male > falsetto but it is not the same functionally.
I know this is true... I mean, my brain knows it. But darn it, it *feels* like falsetto -- it's a definite "flip" into a different voice, and I can't crescendo from one into the other without a break.
Isabelle B.
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