Classical and Belting Resonance Stratgies

The resonance strategy used by classical female voices in their middle range is to have the second formant of the vocal tract resonate the second harmonic (F2/H2) of the sound spectrum produced by the vocal folds (phonated tone).  The higher one sings the higher the fundamental rises and so do all of the harmonics of […]

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Female and Male Primo Passaggio

Recently on “Vocalist” an important question was asked about the location of female and male first (primo) passaggio:  I’m confused! Why does the primo passaggio point in female voices lie lower as the voice gets lighter (Eb4 in sopranos,  E4/F4 in mezzo-sopranos and G4 in contraltos) whereas the corresponding case in male voices is quite contrary (primo passaggio is higher as the […]

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