vocal phenomenon
This morning I made an interesting (I think) observation.
I invite all people interested in vocal music to do the
experiemt themselves.
I had often noticed over the years (I think I first
noticed it when I was a little kid) that right when
you get up in the morning, you are able to produce
extremely low, resonant notes just by opening your
throat and letting air flow through. I guess that
the voice box is very relaxed after sleep. Anyway,
that's fun to do. What I had NOT noticed until just
the other day is that it works at the high end, too.
I let the highest falsetto note come out, again, just
by opening the throat and not making any effort to
"sing high," but just going AH. And this really high,
pure falsetto note came out. When I had time to go to
the piano and try both of these notes, they turned out
both to be C's; the low one is two octaves below
middle C, and the high one is two octaves above
middle C.
I'd be interested in what other people find when they
do this experiment. I don't know how "falsetto" works
for female singers, or if there is such a thing --
BN: is it falsetto when Tori Amos sings "You bet your
life it is" on "Cornflake Girl"?
Anyway, fun with the human body.
I invite all people interested in vocal music to do the
experiemt themselves.
I had often noticed over the years (I think I first
noticed it when I was a little kid) that right when
you get up in the morning, you are able to produce
extremely low, resonant notes just by opening your
throat and letting air flow through. I guess that
the voice box is very relaxed after sleep. Anyway,
that's fun to do. What I had NOT noticed until just
the other day is that it works at the high end, too.
I let the highest falsetto note come out, again, just
by opening the throat and not making any effort to
"sing high," but just going AH. And this really high,
pure falsetto note came out. When I had time to go to
the piano and try both of these notes, they turned out
both to be C's; the low one is two octaves below
middle C, and the high one is two octaves above
middle C.
I'd be interested in what other people find when they
do this experiment. I don't know how "falsetto" works
for female singers, or if there is such a thing --
BN: is it falsetto when Tori Amos sings "You bet your
life it is" on "Cornflake Girl"?
Anyway, fun with the human body.