Monday, October 25, 2021

Patrice-McCoy-Ch 1

 I got very behind in this book, but I figured better late than never posting my thoughts!

Chapter 1 mainly talked about the different qualities and descriptive words used to identify a singer's voice. I found when reading the different qualities most were a matter of quality and not correctness/healthy singing, and a few would classify healthy vs. unhealthy singing. Here are my take aways:

Quality

  • Bright vs. Dark
  • Back vs. Forward
  • Vibrant vs. Straight tone
Correctness/Healthy Singing
  • Breathy vs. Clear (a singer can sing in a breathy tone in a healthy manner, but it takes training)
  • Clean vs. Raspy (takes training)
  • Healthy vs. Damaged
  • Nasal vs. Non-Nasal (severity is dependent on language)
  • In tune vs. Not in tune
  • Good diction vs. Poor diction
  • Stylistically correct vs. Stylistically incorrect
Now each of these classifications are very much subjective. However, they are helpful in describing a voice as they are easy ways to hear someone sing.

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