Talk:Voice change

Castrato? Really?

It's silly that the entire "history" section of this article isn't about the voice break, but rather about castrato, a side topic. Castrato might merit a one-sentence mention (and link) but otherwise this section should probably be scrapped.

Also, this sentence is nonsensical:

In Europe, when women were not permitted to sing in church or cathedral choirs in the Roman Catholic Church, they received little chance for professional voice training, resulting in a shortage of trained female sopranos to sing in opera.

Being prohibited in church doesn't really stop you from being in the opera. It's not like there weren't any secular voice teachers at the time. It's like saying Shakespeare didn't use female actors because they weren't allowed to be altar boys. —Wahoofive (talk) 16:30, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

To be fair it makes (a very little) sense in context, but I don't buy it either. I've salvaged a bit more than you suggest, but hope for future expansion in different directions. Sparafucil (talk) 23:18, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

"break" vs "change"

The article name "Voice break" is a bit ambiguous, suggesting (to me at least) the several changes in vocal register across the vocal range that singers learn to negotiate carefully. In musical contexts "mutation" is most common. Is "voice change" maybe more widely understood in the medical world? Sparafucil (talk) 23:18, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

I agree with you. It's important to distinguish the differences between a voice change/mutation and a voice break. I've accordingly moved the article to the name "Voice change". I believe we should turn the "voice break" redirect into a disambiguation page or an article about the changes in vocal register. Heymid (contribs) 07:44, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and converted the Voice break redirect to a short stub article. Heymid (contribs) 15:28, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Maybe talk more about research in this article?

There has been research on this topic, especially for boys' voice change during puberty.

https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/05/86/70/00001/AA00058670_00001.pdf https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1192&context=honors_research_projects

Someone maybe read this and add it to the article, I don't have time right now and I don't think I will remember later. Koning420 (talk) 21:48, 26 April 2023 (UTC)