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[Peñen Tegtmeier]

Highnotes are hard but not impossible to sing. To achieve successful high notes, I have to multitask many things. It takes a combination of ability and an understanding of what needs to happen while relaxing and accepting those needs.

The consequence was that many people mistook me for a tenor. This happened because my high notes were bright and forward, so the timbre reminded them of a high voice type when in reality, I was just a young baritone in training without forcing my development ahead prematurely.

By singing in a natural, forward way (even if it sounded tenor-like), my development stayed true to my voice. I advise other baritones to do the same. It preserves the uniqueness of your sound over the years and becomes the main factor that sets you apart from the rest.

I had to kick my old habits and this is when I practiced as much as I could. I had to relax everything like I was a dental patient with Novocaine shots in my neck so I could comprehend the feeling of a relaxed larynx.

Not only did I learn what to do from singers that I looked up to, but I also learned from certain singers what NOT to do. I was active in summer festivals which helped me hear a variety of other aspiring singers at different levels of development.

I could either push into my high voice or sing with a natural sound in my middle and lower registers. It was almost as if I had a big hole in my voice because my high voice and mid-low voice were totally different from one another.

It was the result of all the effort I made until this point by not over-darkening and staying true to my sound. Now I get to sing Verdi bravura roles and iconic bel canto roles. And the best part is I get to sing with my real voice. This is the most satisfying accomplishment to have finally reached.

Q: What about scenes that ride on E-natural?

A: These are the hardest scenes for me. It depends on the genre, the composer, and the emotion you must convey. You must be able to sing it in many different ways to choose what color to use. In the beginning, keep it wide open.

March 7, 2010 at 01:10 AM What is the musical context? For example, in a passage expressing anxiety, emphasis on the high note may achieve that expression. In a calm passage, emphasis on the low note may help. Practice to get bow control either way, and in between - even. Perform it in the context of the emotion that you think the music expresses in that phrase.

If octaves were to sound like the 1st teacher suggested, lower note louder than higher note then then that would make the Mendelssohn Violin concerto (E minor one with the octave passages on 1st page) sound a little odd!!

March 9, 2010 at 04:54 PM Acoustically, the lower note gives richness and a solid foundation by which to judge the upper note. We tested this in the last movement of the Borodin String quartet # 2. and was also true of that Mozart Divertimento ( No. 1 I believe) in the slow movement between the first and second violins. When the lower note was louder than the higher note of the octave, the notes sounded better together- in tune and with a nice body to the sound. The other danger is that when two players are trying to match in octaves if the vibrato cycle is too wide or not timed quite right one person may end up below the pitch at the bottom of the vibrato cycle while the other may be hitting the top of the pitch at the other end of the vibrato cycle thus causing the octaves to sound out of tune. This is also especially challenging with unison passages, like the one that opens the slow movement of the Faure Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor.

this is crucial in an orchestra situation. It is especially true of amateur orchestras that they are not aware that when 1st and 2nd violin are in unison the seconds must be veyr strong and the first play down. It can make or break a performance.

March 22, 2012 at 02:50 AM I recently read an article in a Chinese violin website ( ) about this topic. The author suggests that if you play the high note "a hair" higher, the double stop will sound both in tune and brilliant. I tried and kind of see what he means. Have any of you tried this?

March 22, 2012 at 03:06 AM Listen to professional recordings of Bruch no. 1 mov. 1 when they play the double stops. Although this is a matter of perspective, I believe you should play the top note a bit louder for great sound. Note that the top note is in a higher register, so it can be heard more easily than the bottom note perhaps.

March 22, 2012 at 02:28 PM Play the lower note out more. The high note will sound more in the end just because it is the higher note. You want to play the lower note more because you are tuning the higher note to it. You shouldn't be tuning the lower note to the higher note.

March 22, 2012 at 03:05 PM Would it be accurate to say that technically, you need to lean on the bottom note a little more to make the two pitches sound even? The teachers could actually be going for a similar effect, but the first is talking about what you do, the second about what you hear?

March 22, 2012 at 04:38 PM The idea is to start with the perfect octave (to me it means two notes 'ring' together like one note) and then play the high note A HAIR higher. It has to be still in tune of course.

The Chinese teacher was very clear about this (a trick as he puts it): based on a perfect octave double stop, youn move the high note a hair higher. It says nothing about changing the principle of bottom note emphasis (which is more of the RH issue once both LH fingers are already in the right places). The trick is about the left hand subtle action. Note that he was talking to people who already have solid technique in playing the octave stops in tune but are looking for more color or more desirable sound.

When I hear someone covering the top note of the octave double stop with the bottom one, I really find this to be a form of faking more than anything else (kind of like changing staccato passages to spiccato). Lots of violinists do this.

March 23, 2012 at 08:55 PM I have no idea why anyone would want to stretch octaves on a violin. I understand there are reasons to do that when tuning a piano but this is a totally different matter with completely different underlying physics.

March 23, 2012 at 08:57 PM Something to agree whole-heartedly with Nate about! There's no grey area between octaves being perfectly in tune or the top note being a hair high. Either it's in tune or it's not.

March 23, 2012 at 09:43 PM Thank you for all your responses. But can we please get an answer from anyone who actually has tried the trick in good faith? I thought someone other than myself might be curious for a little experiment.

March 24, 2012 at 06:02 PM I'm not sure what the OP was asking. Was he asking about intonation or the relative volume of the two notes? I would guess that one would try, at least initially, to play Flesch scale octaves with equal volume on both notes. (Let's just say that if I could actually do that consistently I'd be quite pleased with myself.)

When this happens you will sound light and airy. Your tone has nodepth and solidity to it. This is called "falsetto". Now while this cansound nice on occasions, you need to learn how to "shift gears" and moveinto your higher registers that will give your sound more power and depth.

The second reason that you may not be able to sign high is this: You are trying to force your voice.You are using extra musculature, and trying to force your voice as highas it can go. And you basically end up yelling the high notes.

The third common thing you may be doing is going into a very classical sounding head voice. If this is happening, you are managing to "zip up your vocal chords" thus moving into your head voice, but your resonance is making a big jump, so most of it ends up in your head.

But don't fear, if this is you, you need to learn to blend your resonance so instead of all of it going into your head, you have a mixture of mouth and head resonance.... so you are singing in your mixed voice.

The way you can learn to sing the high notes properly, is by practicing speech level singing exercises. These exercises are almost magic. The exercises are specifically designed to develop your mixed voice.

Your mixed voice is a vocal register that you can sing in with no strain. What's technically happening, is you are "zipping up" your vocal cords, AND *splitting* the resonance between your mouth and head.

When you sing in your *mixed voice* your voice will sound like your lower notes, except richer (the richness comes from your head resonance). The best part is it's so easy to hit the highest notes you can imagine in mixed voice.

Practice these exercises often and you will develop a strong, powerful voice, with plenty of range, and wonderful tone quality. If you are interested to learn to sing high notes easily and consistently, you will love the program.

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