In a message dated 12/4/2002 8:44:51 PM Central Standard Time, bandb@n... writes:
> Just as if one thinks they can get in there, inside the larynx, > and mess about with adduction when the real clues to > effortless production lie on the surface. This obsession with > things internal lead any reasonable person up the path > to disillusionment. To make my point even more clear, I hope, > very little air is needed to maintain a phrase to such an extent > that with efficient support, one never ' runs out of air' before the > phrase is complete, so there is no expectation of a rising larynx
They will run out of air no matter how much attention is paid to support if adduction is inadequate. This is why singers with vocal fold lesions have breathy voices the cords don't fully adduct. Is a cummerbund going to fix that?
Here's a question for you reg. A client is referred to you with a bowed vocal fold. How would you deal with it? A client is referred to you with muscle tension dysphonia where no real closed phase is present in the vocal cycle. How would you deal with it?
Breathing can be the issue with some clients, but to conclude that it all comes down to support for everyone is simple minded. There are other parts of the equation which can be (and usually are more so) out of whack. Those being adduction, extrinsic interference, registration and supraglottal adjustments. If breath is the issue, it's usually a compensatory pattern learned from other problems which used to be present ... then it should be dealt with. Now, incorrect inhalation is another matter but that doesn't seem to be what you're talking about.
Intrinsic behaviors of the larynx can be addressed very effectively if one knows how. It was the point of my NATS JOS article about postoperative posture memory rehabilitation. You can read it on my website.
randy buescher www.speechlevelvoice.com
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