On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, David Grogan wrote:
> The bel canto teachers used messa di voce for all their students, not
> just the ones who were interested in choral music. I understand how
> difficult it is for young singers to sing softly, and still support
> the sound, but just because something is difficult should not scare us
> away from trying.
From what I understand, messa di voce was the *last* thing to cover,
because it is so easy to do badly unless everything else is truly in
place.
> Perhaps if the choir director could be convinced to occasionally
> remind the singers to support properly during soft singing, so that
> there is not a perceived difference of technique from choir to voice
> studio, then the students might achieve this faster.
Easier said than done! Most singers in an amateur choir can't support
properly on a loud note, let alone a soft one. I've heard a lot of choir
directors tell people to "support", and noone, including the director,
really knew what the term meant.
OF COURSE, there are exceptions, but they are few.
-Tako
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