| There a one liner made famous in the old TV | | | | piece he hums in harmony with his finger picking |
| detective show Dragnet "the facts ma am. | | | | and its beautiful. Check it out on Youtube. My |
| nothing but the facts." I don't know if Jack Webb | | | | point again is the ultimate superiority of the |
| was a musician or a teacher, but considering that | | | | human voice. Show me any instrumentalist, as |
| the study of music is infinite I better take his | | | | good as he may be, that can match the drawing |
| advice. I am in the "October" of my life and I | | | | power of an Andrea Bucelli or your favorite who |
| think , I finally understand a least man-made | | | | if he or she is real good can fill a stadium! So the |
| music and his conception of it. Asking questions | | | | bottom line is I like to sing and have Tommy |
| and reading books or any literature on the subject | | | | Emmanuel be my accompanist, whaoo! That |
| has sort of satisfied my quest for the "whys" of | | | | would be awesome! The human voice has another |
| music. I have been practicing how to do this or | | | | big advantage. The power of the spoken word. A |
| that for years and years but the "whys" can set | | | | great Speaker, let alone a great singer has a |
| the creative mind to take off, so no more "can't | | | | powerful tool at his disposal. It can get you |
| get no satisfaction...." Since the infinite is to deep | | | | emotionally. Listen again to the late Harry Chapin |
| for me, lets deal with man made music. I have | | | | sing his wife's composition "cats in the cradle" or |
| come to the conclusion that all man made musical | | | | Roy Clarke's "Yesterday when I was young" |
| instruments have to be in the range of the | | | | These examples of favorite powerful songs are |
| human voice, a little higher or lower that's O.K. If | | | | not sung very often because the singer has a |
| not, they will become obsolete. The human voice | | | | hard time emotionally singing it. That words are |
| has kept man made music earth bound and the | | | | that powerful. If you are not affected you will |
| amazing things it that it range or distance is on | | | | have to fake it, I guarantee it! Well I have |
| the average only two and one half octaves! | | | | enjoyed this, but it time to start training the king. |
| That's Johnny Cash territory and not Andrea | | | | Hey, it very takes a lot of discipline, but its worth |
| Bucelli who really likes to stretch it, and its made | | | | it! Thanks for reading. |
| him famous. The human voice is a marvelous | | | | Albert F. Sotelo is a voice and guitar teacher, |
| instrument, the king and queen of all! The well | | | | performer and a member of NMTA. He runs the |
| trained voice is fantastic with its ability to achieve | | | | music store and has teaching videos on Youtube |
| its wide range of notes, like a diamond with its | | | | under "singerofjazz" promoting "pitch speaking" as |
| many facets. The fantastic Australian guitarist | | | | a way of improving singing and public speaking. Mr. |
| Tommy Emmanuel has composed a beautiful | | | | Sotelo lives in Canton, Georgia. |
| piece for guitar entitled "Angelina" but during the | | | | |