Comments on: Trading Lessons With Mark Thress – Contemporary vs Classical Voice https://judyrodman.com/trading-lessons-with-mark-thress/ Vocal Coach • Singer • Speaker • Songwriter • Studio Producer • Podcaster Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ron Calabrese https://judyrodman.com/trading-lessons-with-mark-thress/#comment-340 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 23:57:54 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/trading-lessons-with-mark-thress-contemporary-vs-classical-voice/#comment-340 Judy, I just finished listening to your podcast with Mark. Some of the exercises remind me of the old days at the Sherwood Conservatory in Chicago. If you could get through the exercises without tiring, singing some arias was easy. The use of a straw was new to me and I'll have to try it. Would you agree, some classical training would help all singers who wish to sing contemporary music? So many rock singers have little or no concept of head voice and unless you're a Wagnerian, transitioning from chest voice to head resonance is a necessity. Even Lauritz Melchior, the most famous Wagnerian tenor of his era, knew how to transition from the middle voice to the top. He defined the term, dramatic tenor, had vocal chords like ropes and would sing 3 operas in a single day!

I recall when the train was "on the tracks" at D, E, and F above middle C, I couldn't wait for those notes above the staff. It took awhile to realize singing too loud on those middle notes was detrimental to clear high notes with proper registration. Mark alluded to that fact a few times in his comments which gives me hope for modern teaching techniques! Thanks, again for an educational blog.

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