华人作家作品集:海豚音是什么?!

其实海豚音正确的学名叫做“咽音”，这个学名是由一位大陆的声乐家“林俊卿”博士所创的，而他也是北京咽音研究所的创办人，不过这不是他发明的，咽音常用於声乐方面。尤其以意大利的声乐家特别常使用，而咽音对於喉咙声带有极大的帮助，尤其是对那些声带受损被人家说一辈子都没办法回复的人。

　　还有许多老师都会有的声带肥大症，喉咙长茧都能够治愈，不必经由开刀，咽音就有极高的治疗效果，但是目前只有大陆的某些医院才有这种咽音训练班，藉由教导咽音的正确唱法，以治疗声带喉咙疾病。

　　而为什麼咽音有这麼好的治疗效果，是因为一般我们在唱歌，不管使用真音，假音，真假音，共鸣腔不管放喉咙放鼻腔放额头。

　　只要是唱歌都会对喉咙声带有一定的消耗和损害，而咽音却是把丹田的气缓缓流经声带，对声带却是一种按摩效果，对声带喉咙完全不会有任何消耗，用很简单的说法，就是男生们可以摸著自己的喉结。

　　不论用什麼方式唱歌，不管震动大或震动小喉结都一定会震动，而正确的咽音发声却完全不会令喉结震动，这就是不损耗的原因，咽音简单的来说，它是一种可以超越假音极限的高音。

　　而咽音又分低咽音和高咽音，低咽音的共鸣点位於咽喉后壁，而高咽音的共鸣点位於鼻腔后壁，而会咽音的歌手，华人歌手，我知道的只有黄中原林宝王菲，而国外的话，大家都知道的玛丽亚凯莉，还有只要有玩团的也一定都知道的，MR.BIG的主唱 Eric Martin.

　　可去听MR.BIG LIVE IN TOKYO那张里面的Daddy ，brother ，lover ，little boy还有BON JOVI的主唱 JOE BON JOVI 可去听I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU 3 分56秒的地方，其实咽音在国外已经是使用很广泛的一种技巧了，咽音其实是每个人与生俱来就会的，试著去听小朋友尖叫，那种高音高频的就是咽音。

　　只是大家都不自觉，随著年龄增长，变了声，就忘了如何去使用，所以咽音是每个人都能够学会的，但是，听到这句话不要太高兴。

　　因为，会咽音的老师并不好找，很多人就是因为自行学习咽音，而把喉咙唱坏了，这跟去学唱死黑金属有同样的危险性，(敢问当今中国有多少会唱海豚音？更有多少敢现场唱海豚音？？而且是一首歌里三段海豚音。说实话，我听到第一段，我的心就被提起来了，那种意外的久违的感动，为这海豚音的感动。其实靓颖一直都感动着我，她的坎坷，她的孤傲，她的实力，她的不张扬。

　　评委的评论深深的伤害了我，是再一次伤害了我。言之无物，轻描淡写。甚至感觉评委差点不打算提那海豚音，是三段海豚音。我们不奢求你起立，不奢求你鼓掌，不奢求你晚上睡不着觉，不奢求你给某某打电话。我们只是想得到你们的认可！最基本的认可！但为什么却得不到？

　　当然，人无完人，没有至美至极的东西，只要愿意挑，怎么样都可以挑得出毛病，但靓颖歌曲的难度是其他选手不可以相提并论的，靓颖歌曲完成的质量也是不会比其他选手差的。但为什么得不到一句肯定的评语？

The whistle register is the range of vocal notes above E6. The ability to hit notes in this register is extremely rare.

Definition
The whistle register is really just the highest range of the head register. It is so named because the pitches created mimic the pitches of a whistle. As pitches get higher, the vocal cords are adducted by the side muscles in the throat (similar to a zipper). As this happens, less and less chest cavity is available to "color" the tone; after E6, tones produced are nearly completely devoid of color, or "white" (In the seventh octave, the notes are so white they can sound almost mechanical). When young children shriek, the noise is usually in the whistle register, singers simply learn to maintain that vocal control while removing any shrillness. Nearly all singers who use the whistle register are coloratura soprano, known and revered for their ability to flip in and out the whistle register, or jump from a note in the fifth or rarely upper fourth octave, to a note or notes above E6 and back to where they were. A properly pitched whistle register tone, unamplified, can shatter glass. This was demonstrated on the television show MythBusters. They successfully recorded Jaime Vendera shattering a crystal goblet using his unamplified voice.

Predisposition to ability
Some people believe vocal ability is purely genetic, while those that view the voice as an intricate working of muscles disagree. It is notable that many singers with the ability are the youngest child in their family, suggesting a possible trend based on development rather than heredity. Minnie Riperton, Mariah Carey, Shanice Wilson, Patti LaBelle, and Tamar Braxton were all the baby of the family. Although not a whistle register singer, Kevon Edmonds, "Babyface" Edmonds' youngest brother, is the singer with the highest range of the Edmonds brothers. Others say that the ability is a mixture of genetics and ability/practice.

Whistle or Flageolet register?
Although both names denote the highest, whitest range of notes available to the human voice, the biggest difference lies in the starting point. People that believe in the flageolet register (named for the flutey color of the notes above Soprano High C), see it as a separate and distinct register starting at E6, while the whistle register just the upper-reaches of the head register starting after E6. Whether E6 is a high head or whistle note is probably the most controversial of all notes in the whistle register, beside of course classical music viewing the seventh octave as unmusical, while artists like Mariah Carey build their careers showcasing ease and flexibility in the seventh octave. Thus the term flageolet register is most used in classical music and classical vocal training. Vocal registration is a dynamic mix of theory, science and medicine, but the prevailing thought is the human voice has two primary areas of resonation, chest and head. Everything else is an extension or a mix of the two. For more information, see Vocal Registration.

Recording artists
Singers in many different musical genres have exhibited the ability to hit notes in the whistle register. For a listing of these, go to Category:Whistle register singers

Register use in contemporary recordings
Amel Larrieux shows that the whistle register is really nothing more than the upper reaches of the head register, by sliding up and down around E6 in various songs on her album Bravebird. Ashanti Douglas, exhibited this ability in recordings before she signed with Murder, Inc., most noted is her rendition of the American national anthem for Glen Cove's Mayor Mary Ann Holzkamp's inauguration, but has mostly shied away from using this ability professionally. Even Blu Cantrell uses the whistle register briefly in "Waste My Time" from her first album. However, the most notable whistle register singer by far is Mariah Carey, who has built her career singing in it. While most singers' whistle registers are very faint and unsustainable, Carey possesses an extraordinary ability to sustain these extremely high notes with power, clarity, ease, and flexibility. So far her highest recorded note was an F7 (F one and a half octaves above soprano high C) in the song "All In Your Mind" although in several live performances she has reached higher notes, such as the G#7 in a live rendition of "Emotions" at the 1991 MTV awards. A large portion of her vocal performance in her 1999 song "Bliss" is performed in this register. She often demonstrates the ability to switch from chest voice into the whistle range in her songs, most noticeably in her live renditions of "Love Takes Time" and "Someday." Another example of the whistle register is Minnie Riperton's "You Take My Breath Away", where she hits an F#7 with such control the note sounds almost instrumental (actually, more mechanical). In fact, it should be noted that at such lofty notes, the articulation of song lyrics generally suffers greatly. Listen to Mariah sing the phrase "On and On" in her song "Bliss", or Minnie Riperton ascend the scale in "Adventures in Paradise" for an example. As a result, the whistle register is most effective when singing sustained open vowels such as with a melisma or vocalise.

Though this ability has been most thoroughly recorded in females, it has been reported to occur in males, but it is much more rare. R&B crooner Jesse Powell can hit an F6 (F a fourth above Soprano C). R&B singer Tireh can enunciate notes as high as A7 and it has been rumored he can sing up to C#8 as well. lastly singer Adam Lopez of Brisbane, Australia sang back up for Mariah Carey during one of her performances in Australia and, like Mariah, can sing in his whistle register. He currently holds the Guinness World Record for singing the largest vocal note by a male; C#8.

Differences in tone
Different singers possess different qualities when singing in their whistle register, particularly when singing up in the seventh octave. For example, take sopranos noted above for their abilities to sing well in the whistle register. Minnie Riperton, Mariah Carey, and Rachelle Ferrell are known for their abilities to enunciate in the seventh octave, or to sing words rather than merely hitting a pitch. However, Minnie Riperton is the reputed benchmark in whistle register singing because she sang there so frequently. Her voice could mimic a bird, instrument, or another non-human sound so well that many people first thought her high notes were funky instrumentation. Mariah Carey, the most famous example of the pop coloratura sopranos, is most known for her ability to use vibrato in this register. While other persons might just hit and hold notes, Carey uses her vibrato to show ease and flexibility. In songs such as Dreamlover she matches the keyboard note for note and in Fly like a bird from "The Emancipation of Mimi" she holds a whistle note that has so much vibrato, it sounds like a wild, fluttery scream. Shanice Wilson and especially Chanté Moore are known for their flutey, bird-like notes soaring above the song. Finally, Terry Ellis is known for bouncing up the scale in staccato

The whistle register in popular culture
As properly pitched notes in the whistle register can shatter glass, it is sometimes used as a comedic or plot element in books, movies, or tv shows.

In Gunter Grass's novel The Tin Drum, the main character has trained his voice to shatter glass by screaming.
In Blake Edwards's Victor/Victoria, Julie Andrews's character shatters a crystal wine glass by singing a single high note.
In Martin, Tisha Campbell's character, Gina shatters Martin's crystal by shrieking loudly.
In That's So Raven, Raven will shriek to show extreme cases of surprise, shock, sadness, or happiness. In fact, she will often even be speaking in the whistle register, helping to showcase just how distorted (squeaky) the vocal is that high.
In "The Parent Trap (1998)", Elaine Hendrix shrieking in displeasure showcases the very thin line shrillity makes between a scream and a note in whistle register, as her screams wave with varying degrees of vibrato.
In "Run Lola Run (1998)", Lola (Franka Potente) breaks glass with her screams on more than one occasion.