Re: Close harmony with a mixture of male/female voices- strategie
Many men can and do sing very high, including many bluegrass singers -- as in "high, lonesome sound." I don't sing all that high (baritone normally), though I can go high, but when I sing with a particular woman, I'm comfortable singing higher than her, and my masculinity hasn't been damaged. Learning to expand your range is great for any singer. Falsetto, according to my sweetheart who's a singer, is a misleading term. She prefers "singing at the top end of your range." She says there's nothing false about it. Many can't go that high. If you can, great.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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