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From:  "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
"Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
Date:  Thu Dec 7, 2000  12:48 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] RE: vocal registers: was: Re: BAROQUE TENOR


Dear Randy and Vocalisters:

You wrote:
>Not everyone is agreement on this. The female voice is certainly capable of
>producing a tone where there is no medial compression, the folds are
>lengthened, and just the outer layer of mucosa is vibrating. If you were to
>see the stroboscopic exam and hear the results without knowing the sex of the
>listener you wouldn't be able to differentiate the male from female
>production, therefore why resist the fact that female falsetto may exists or
>as I have observed in numerous exams does exist.


QUESTION: Is the pitch range of this female falsetto that you have
described above the same as the pitche range of the male falsetto?
If so, then it would exist in the area of the female middle voice,
right?

--
Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Professor of Voice, Pedagogy
School of Performing Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011

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