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From:  Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Date:  Mon Nov 6, 2000  6:56 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Phrase finish with Vibrarto?/ControlledVibrato?


On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Lloyd W. Hanson wrote:

> Now you really have my curiosity up. Can you suggest other classical
> singers on recordings who use the "phrase finish with vibrato" a la
> the curled tail? I must pay attention to this device because I have
> not noticed it before.

I hear it often in lutesongs... Admittedly not exactly "classical" music
in the sense that they were mainly "pop", just centuries ago :-) The
vibrato is much more of an "ornament" in early music, so you get that kind
of straight-tone to vibrato effect as late as Bach.

Tako Oda


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