> It is the belief of many professionals that singing > out of one's normal range is bad for the voice.
The question was whether or not it causes injury. > Whether we agree or disagree is not the issue here. > The issue is the motivation for the rule. This is a > valid possibility. The burden of proof does not fall > to me to show that this can hurt the voice. It doesn't > even fall on me to show that TMEA members used this as > part of their reasoning. The integrity of these > individuals has been called into question. Before > anyone is bold enough to do this, it should fall on > them to disprove all plausible doubts before making > accusations. It's not my job to show their explanation > is genuine. It's the accuser's job to show their > explanation is unquestionably a lie. A lie? Who said anything about lying? I originally asked for possible rationales for not allowing a male student to sing alto or soprano. One of your suggested explanations was that singing out of range could cause injury. I asked for evidence of this. If there is no evidence then the TMEA may simply be ignorant. That does not call their integrity into question. Now, if they, or their defenders get all riled up at the mere request for evidence, then integrity does begin to look a little shaky but, as you say, we don't know exactly what the TMEA members used as their reasoning. > Calling it into > question is one thing, but one should be very > considerate and cautious about doing this. Attacking a > person's reputation, even if it's not someone we know > or are speaking in the presence of, should not be done > without legitimate backing. Well, I guess I don't know who you are talking about here. Your were responding to my questions but all I have done is ask for evidence and a clearer rationale for the decision. If you don't have it then why are you responding to my questions about it? > > It also does not answer the questions about who > > should decide. > > Actually my suggestion for the motivation does cover > this. Teachers who allow or encourage their female > students to sing in a tenor range for the sole purpose > of "covering the parts" would have shown themselves > incapable of the necessary discernment in these > matters. Actually, no one has suggested this motivation in the teachers. And their encouraging students for this reason has no logical connection to their ability to discern injury. that I can tell. > Certainly some teachers aren't doing this > inappropriately. But when some people do, it could > create the need for a simple rule that's easy to > enforce. This certainly does not answer the question about who has the right to decide these things. Richard Yates _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
