singing without vibrato

[Judith R Cohen <judithc...>]

hi, since vocal cords vibrate, it's kind of impossible to "sing without
vibrato"; what is usually meant by that is singing without the wide
vibrato that characterizes so much western art music performance
practice. Different cultures and different time periods have various
approaches to degree and type of vocal vibrato, but singing early music,
of course, poses the probably never-to-be-solved problem of figuring out
what they actually sounded like. But in any case, it's unlikely to have
been either, say, Bel Canto or Peking OPera.... cheers, Judith

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