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From: dts@quad.uucp (David T. Sandberg)
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Subject: Re: vocal harmony question
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Date: 9 Dec 89 10:10:33 GMT
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In article <19114@watdragon.waterloo.edu> dmnhieu@trillium.waterloo.edu (Duy-Minh NHIEU MAPLE tutor) writes:
>.... why for some group of two people that perform the duet,
>it sounds harmonized and for other, it does not....

This is difficult to answer, 'cause it's a very broad question.

>......... different timbre of the voice?...

If one person has a *much* broader voice than the other, then the
other's voice will tend to be lost.  Also, if the two singers have
very different technique, vibrato, or even enunciate their words
very differently, it can detract from the harmonic quality.

>............... the relative volume?

Certainly, if one person is drowning the other out, the harmony is
going to get lost, too.

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David Sandberg             dts@quad.uucp or ..uunet!rosevax!sialis!quad!dts
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