The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part ten — Page 101

Even though this topic has long passed, women don't always sing in their head voices. Classically trained sopranos *couldn't* use just their head voices, because it's nowhere near strong enough to maintain those notes at length. And it's not a male-female difference, because boys in choirs are called sopranos, not falsettos.

A "normal" voice is a chest voice, but a chest voice is not the same as belting.

/8 years of classical training in a nutshell

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Yes, I realize that falsetto is not exactly the same as a classical soprano, but it seemed like the closest comparison in terms of placement.

I'm having problems with the site tonight, or I would have posted this sooner. This is what the guy said on the Chess board:

the high note in Pity the Child is a C#, but he only hits it breifly. He hits the C on 'Pity the child, with no such weapons', and again on 'I was only her son'. It's on the word 'son' that he squeaks out the C#.

I took that to mean that "son" is initially a C for a few moments, then very briefly goes to C sharp, C and down to B, which is what's held for a long time. That's the little turn I was referring to.

ETA: I really have to go now, I look forward to reading the rest of this conversation tomorrow...

Updated On: 6/21/06 at 01:35 AM

Sorry Chloe. I just have too many memories of my choir director yelling at us for being "lazy" and using our head voices instead.

Lexi, it's really complicated. I'm not trained in belting, so I have no idea how to explain. There's a difference in the sound (like, Sarah Brightman vs. Aretha Franklin) but I have no idea about the technicalities of how the difference is achieved.

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Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:14 AM

A quick, hopefully understandable word on voicing, since it was discussed...

Chest voice=where most people speak (and men primarily sing), lower register

Belting=essentially taking the chest voice as high as possible, powerful, the technical aspect is...argued (is it healthy, etc).

Mixed voice=where most classically trained people sing, a blend of head and chest (there's also a mixed belt, which incorporates head voice into the belt...(argued again) to be a bit healthier than full chest voice)

Head voice=High register

I finally figured out how to screen cap stuff! Here's that shirt that I was talking about that Adam wears during a couple of the Rent blogs/Rent press junket.

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Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:07 PM