I love your explanation. Much better than my daughter’s. (She considers me a lightweight in music and talks down to me.)
My daughter had to start all over with her voice training once she had a Cesarean section. They cut those muscles and it took years to get them back in shape. She still has a beautiful voice, but I’m not sure that she can hit that high note in Mozart’s Alleluia any more. She ducks the question every time I ask.
Oh yes...those muscles are really important. And definitely proves my point that the voice does NOT come from the vocal cords but from the entire body. I admire your daughter for keeping at it and restoring her strength!
The high note in Mozart’s “Revenge of the Queen of the Night” is an “F” ABOVE high “C”...a real Killer! I don’t know what the “Alleluia note is, but it is probably the same.
I am sorry that she feels the need to “duck the question”. To have gotten her voice back after such a trauma to her singing muscles is a righteous achievement in itself! She has every right to be proud, even if she can’t hit a high “F”