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From:  "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
"Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
Date:  Wed Dec 13, 2000  4:59 am
Subject:  Re: Registers,was: Comparison of female and male singers


Dear Wim and Vocalister:

You wrote:
> I don't think Don (Miller) studied any female voices using classical male
> resonance strategies (with a low larynx). That would interest me too,
> since I'm convinced that it must be possible for a robust female
> voice to sing in tenor head voice (using 'heavy' vocal fold vibration,
> low larynx and second formant tuning), sort of the opposite of
> a countertenor ;)

Based on this statement, what would you consider to be the most obvious
result of second formant tuning? Does second formant tuning create a tone
that is brighter or darker than first formant tuning?

Thanks for your input.


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



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