----- Original Message ----- From: "Gernot Hilger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bartoli lets it blast
> I have uploaded (for a short time) a shortened version (copyright...) > sung by Marina Comparato. There is a way to sing the coloraturas with > proper pitch. www.jsbach.mynetcologne.de/armataeface.mp3 Not only with a proper pitch but in a more relaxed and enjoyable manner too! There was an interesting interview on BBC's Radio4 programme 'Word of Mouth' a couple of weeks ago with a professional voice coach who explained that we tend to perceive (and evaluate) other peoples voices as good sounding / not disturbing etc if they speak (or sing for that matter) by breathing with their abdomen or diaphragm rather than 'higher up' areas. She also suggested some simple exercise to enhance this diaphragmal way of voice formation. Listening to a number of tracks by Bartoli on youtube it just seems that she sings mainly with 'her throat'; rather suppressed way of singing really. Yes, she is gifted, virtuosic but that's it really ... again, perhaps not to everyone ... AB To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
