The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47666   Message #712031
Posted By: Escamillo
16-May-02 - 11:09 PM
Thread Name: Help: Problem with head voice
Subject: RE: Help: Problem with head voice
Some authors (Madeleine Mansion for example) say that the male voice flows from chest to head voice without falsetto (except in counter-tenors or male contralto voices). Indeed for us (the machos!) it's easier, and many times the passagio flows inadvertently. Again, our head voice up to the lyric tenor tessiture does not compare to the female falsetto, but my teacher (a tenor) says that a great help is to exaggerate as much as possible the elevation of the CAVUS, or rear palate area, to increase the resonance cavity, just in the passagio notes. And most important, not to worry about the notes and let them flow.

The final word indeed is that of a vocal teacher, which is the best investment you could ever do for your voice.

Un abrazo - Andrés