ANST - was Documenting Vocal: vibrato

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Vibrato is what happens when someone is singing with a relaxed voice. It is a
GOOD thing. A warble on the other hand is  bad thing and it means the person is
too tense and usually sounds forced.  A vibrato is very gentle and subtle.
Warbles are not.  They often tend to switch between two pitches that can be a
ful half step apart.
Nicolette

Nathan W. Jones wrote:

> Greetings Friends!
>
> Here we have an expample of why doing research into vocal
> music can be a good idea.
>
> Gunnora wrote:
> >I am NOT an expert in this field, but the last time I looked
> >into the issue, one of the big issues was that there was much
> >debate over vibrato, with most scholars thinking vibrato was
> >a late innovation and therefore not period. [NOTE: the scholarly
> >viewpoint may have changed by now, I don't know] .  At any rate,
> >I would expect that a vocal perfomer should be aware that this
> >is an issue, and if they choose to use vibrato in their singing
> >performance, I'd expect them
>
> I happen to disagree somewhat with Mistress Gunnora.  I believe
> that vibrato is a natural quality in most voices, and the concept
> she writes about of "using vibrato" is somewhat of a misnomer.
> What I feel she is referring to is the exaggerated use of a
> wavering quality to a voice and not true vibrato.  But, you know
> what?  I haven't done my homework, I haven't done the research,
> I don't have the documentation to support my point of view.
>
> If Gunnora were the judge of a piece of mine and she marked down
> for "use of vibrato for no explained reason", I wouldn't have
> the ammo to contest it and back up my position.  I'm willing
> to bet her answer would be somewhat along the lines of, "That's
> an interesting idea, what sources do you have to back up your
> ideas?"  If I had the documentation and sources to back up
> my opinion, I'm pretty sure that she would be willing to agree
> to disagree about it.  (Knowing Gunnora, she would wait to
> concede the point until she had checed my sources and done
> some additional reading on her own. *grin*)
>
> Just a thought, an illustration, and a potential research
> project.
>
> Gio
> Northkeep
> Ansteorra
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