Many like to equate the size of the voice with its ability to be heard over an orchestra. The assumption is that a large voice will be heard more easily than a smaller voice. Of course, that depends on what is meant by a “large” voice but, based on the comments I have read, most […]
Soprano Formant Change
If the soprano wishes to maintain or increase vocal intensity on an /a/ vowel in the range from about E5 and up, all-the-while keeping a vocal quality that closely matches her quality below these notes, she must gradually open her mouth as she ascends above E5. Acoustically she is tuning the first formant of her […]