Philosophy of vocal culture : a textbook of vocal training and preparation for song interpretation . d, the chest resonance is almost entirelysubstituted by one from a higher position, the resonance line inthe head voice appearing to pass upwards through the sphen-oidal sinuses (Fig. 13). The voice creates the sensation of beingdirected forward through the head, although its resonance con-tinues to include a proportion which decreases as the voice as-cends of that displayed by the notes of the upper middle andupper register. The tenor head voice is not a separate register. It is thatpart of th
Philosophy of vocal culture : a textbook of vocal training and preparation for song interpretation . d, the chest resonance is almost entirelysubstituted by one from a higher position, the resonance line inthe head voice appearing to pass upwards through the sphen-oidal sinuses (Fig. 13). The voice creates the sensation of beingdirected forward through the head, although its resonance con-tinues to include a proportion which decreases as the voice as-cends of that displayed by the notes of the upper middle andupper register. The tenor head voice is not a separate register. It is thatpart of the voice composed of a combination of upper registerquality with falsetto and in which the chest resonance is super-seded by that obtained from the head cavities. The tenor should never allow his head voice to sing up in theair but should keep it placed far enough down to give him thefeeling of having adequate control over it. Placing of Contralto Voice. In the middle and chest registers of the contralto voice thefocal points and resonance areas of the vowel sounds are thesame as in the 136 Vocal Training. Contraltos Upper Register. The placing and resonance of the upper register notes of thecontralto voice usually present considerable difficulty. Al-though the influence of the chest resonance should be main-tained through the whole compass of the contraltos chest andmiddle registers, the degree of such influence in the upper notesof the upper middle register must be reduced according to theirproximity to the lower notes of the upper register. The taking-over of the supplying of resonance by the head cavities com-mences about the central notes of the upper middle amount of chest resonance retained by any of the uppermiddle register notes is gradually reduced as the voice on as-cending approaches the first note of the upper register in whichthe influence of chest resonance is absent. The contralto should think the placing and resonance of theupper register
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