High notes 'make opera unclear'

[Analog]

Opera buffs who look at the subtitles, or text, to understand the words being sung, no longer need to be embarrassed.
A new study has found it's not their hearing that's the problem, but the way sopranos amplify their voices to be heard above the boom of the orchestra.

Australian physicists found that a soprano's ability to sing powerfully in the high part of their vocal range comes at the cost of clarity.

Details of the research have been published in the journal Nature.

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[rival]

yea, and?

 

[hjo3]

OMG, I can't believe you actually spent time posting something this boring.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

Half the problem comes from singing an opera which has been translated. There are only certain vowels that can be sung high in the register and translators rarely understand that. Composers such as Puccini made sure that the vast majority of high notes were singable with the vowel sound he wanted.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: hjo3
OMG, I can't believe you actually spent time posting something this boring.

I quote Martha Stewart: "Its all good!"

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
I quote Martha Stewart: "Its all good!"

Martha Stewart says "It's a good thing."
Rappers say "It's all good."

Though I can see how you'd confuse the two...

 

[badmouse]

Wow, it's amazing the amount of information I get from ATOT .

Though personally I can't figure out why anyone would go to the opera to READ. It's the music, silly.

 

[fr]

Economists say "It's all good."
Rappers say "S'all guud."

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
I quote Martha Stewart: "Its all good!"

Martha Stewart says "It's a good thing."
Rappers say "It's all good."

Though I can see how you'd confuse the two...

I can see how you can confuse martha stuart and most rappers... they're all on trial at some point or another

 

[Howard]

It's true.