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From:  peggyh@i...
peggyh@i...
Date:  Thu Jan 25, 2001  9:42 pm
Subject:  Re: Re: [vocalist] Re: Velum/Spec analysis/Nasal Res........



vocalist-temporary@egroups.com wrote:
vocalist-temporary@egroups.com wrote:

<<Gosh... I was hoping that would help. Of course it's subjective. Art is.
(That's all I am going to say about that.) I assume that you
yourself sing... correct? Or no? It will help me to try to speak your
language.>>

I do sing, but "squillo" is not a term my voice teacher and I use.

<<This is the ideal tone - chiaroscuro. >>

I understand the concept of chiarascuro. Are you saying that's what "squillo"
is?

<<Have you ever experienced a singer who made your ears tickle or thump along
with the vibrato?>>

I can't say as I have ever experienced that particular physical reaction in my
ears. I tend to react to singers in my gut, in the pit of my "stomach".
There's so much subjective about singing, that it's hard to describe in words.
So much is imagery. But some things, like intonation, vibrato, a richness or
thinness of tone, a buzzing sound, even a "ring" (as in a bell), I think are
fairly objective terms that most English-speakers can relate to something
they've experienced.

I am searching for that type of understanding of "squillo", but I fear I still
haven't found it yet, and until I do, I will not use the term in my own writing
about how voices sound to me.

<< I *will* get this point across if I have to come over your house and demo
for you! ;-))>>

I think I get your point - just not the objective meaning of the word "squillo"
- at least not yet.


Peggy

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