Re: [Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 4:31 PM 02/20/03, John Howell wrote: > [...] So a >vocal wobble can be the result of either excessive and slow AM from the >diaphragm or excessive and slow PM in the throat. I would argue that AM can be created in the throat as well, albeit with different muscles from those which create PM. >

Re: [Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 6:57 PM 02/20/03, Michael Cook wrote: >Which of the two words do you consider to be connected with amplitude >modulation? I'm used to both terms being connected with frequency, >"vibrato" being a small regular fluctuation in pitch (= frequency), >and "wobble" being an excessive or uncontrolled

Re: [Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread John Howell
>Which of the two words do you consider to be connected with amplitude >modulation? I'm used to both terms being connected with frequency, >"vibrato" being a small regular fluctuation in pitch (= frequency), >and "wobble" being an excessive or uncontrolled vibrato. > >Michael Cook Off the top of m

Re: [Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Cook
At 3:57 -0800 20/02/2003, Mark D. Lew wrote: For what it's worth, in my world we like to distinguish between wobble and vibrato. Of course I realize that "wobble" is hardly a technical term, but it's not the same as vibrato either. The important thing is to distinguish phenomena which are fundame

Re: [Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread John Howell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark D. Lew) wrote: >For what it's worth, in my world we like to distinguish between wobble and >vibrato. Of course I realize that "wobble" is hardly a technical term, but >it's not the same as vibrato either. Actually it may be a technical term. From undergrad psychology cours

Re: [Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 10:31 AM 02/20/03, Michael Cook wrote: >A wide vibrato (the "wobble" of an over-used voice) [...] For what it's worth, in my world we like to distinguish between wobble and vibrato. Of course I realize that "wobble" is hardly a technical term, but it's not the same as vibrato either. The impo

[Finale] Vibrato (was" Problems with Smart Shapes")

2003-02-20 Thread Michael Cook
A wide vibrato (the "wobble" of an over-used voice) is not necessary in order to be heard over the orchestra. Some of the greatest Wagner singers have had relatively small vibratos (listen to old recordings of Kirsten Flagstad or Birgit Nilsson). It's true that the vibrato of these singers is s