lloyd wrote of 'push', 'nook', 'look' and 'pull':
<< There is a problem here because these sounds in English are short forms of a vowel and are never sustained in spoken English. However, when one sings in English, these sounds must be sustained so . . .the singer must learn how to sustain them. It is a very learned skill. >>
learned skill? i'd prefer you think of it as a problem of conception. calling these vowels 'short' places an unneccesary characteristic on them. it places in the mind of a singer an unneccesary obstacle to singing them 'long' or, continuing to sing them for a longer time. it (they) is a sound that can be sung for any duration within a singer's physical limitations to continue to produce sound.
mike
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