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From:  RALUCOB@a...
Date:  Thu Sep 7, 2000  1:35 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Re: Source of frequencies was:Falsetto Recognition


karin,

the voice is more variable than most would make it seem. almost every
musical instrument varies widely in timbre from low to high. in singing a
'fretless' glide from low to high and vice versa without increasing the
effort or volume, a voice spans the whole gamut from chest to falsetto (girl
voice or whatever you wish to call it) in both male and female voices. it
is effortless. the imposed requirements of aesthetics and cultural
expectations cause us to do differently. the further we move away from this
simple glide, the more we require ourselves to do. the singers (male) i can
think of who sing closest to this unadulterated glide are caetano veloso and
laurence dale (veloso is one of my favorites). the furthest away i can
think of is lou rawls who sounds as if he sings everything in chest voice (if
i sounded like lou rawls, i'd feel like king s*** and i'd be drinking
champagne too).

mike
ps. good luck

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