On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:51 PM, John Howell wrote:
Ah, but one of my REAL pet peeves is the voice teachers who refuse
to teach the basics for healthy singing to students who are
interested in the worlds of music outside opera, and then turn
around and use them as examples that singing pop or jazz or
Broadway is bad for your voice. It's called a self-fulfilling
prophecy!
You make an excellent point, to which I add:
A lot of what causes voice problems outside the classical world is
the sheer AMOUNT of singing that most other styles require you to do
in a performance. While many operas are staged one night on, one
night off, then a nice break before the next series and the principal
singers have six or eight pieces to sing a night, in many pop, jazz
and Broadway shows the singers are using their voices for HOURS a
night, several nights in a row! A musical like Sweeney Todd has vocal
demands similar to an opera, but they perform it EIGHT times a week
for months! One needs exceptional technique and endurance to survive
that pace.
Christopher
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