minstrel: Performance styles was Calling On Song

[Patricia Yarrow]

I didn't even realize I was singing with vibrato until a judge at an SCA
bardic competition decades ago commented on it.  It can be entirely
unconscious.

 

(And in the curious coincidences department, that judge was Ariel . . .)

 

Vivien

 

Jen (Anna) wrote:

 

Interesting you should bring this up... I am a mezzo and I had a voice
teacher in college who was also a mezzo and her take on a 'good' verbrato
was one that was not forced, but rather occurred naturally as part of the
natural over and under tones of a note.  I.e. you didn't need it to sound
great, but if it occurred as a natural part of your singing/style, than it
could enhance or complement your sound.  On the flip side, a forced verbrato
sounds forced and does not add to the beauty of your sound.

 

Just my two cents...

 

Jen
-- 
Jen (SCA: Anna MacKenzie, bard ret.)
BardofBH at gmail.com 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.pbm.com/pipermail/minstrel/attachments/20080611/a1f14b97/attachment.html