--- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "Michael <chosdad@y...>"
<chosdad@y...> wrote:
> Dear Jonas:
>
> This will be my last attempt on this issue. Contact me privately
if
> I can be of assistance...maybe I can help, maybe not.
>
> Jonas wrote,
> > Well,i always seemed to have a good voice.With lessons it became
(of
> > course) much better.During a small period of time i learnt many
> > things and corrected many of my technical weaknesses.That's why
> i'm
> > happy with my teacher.However,i see that in this period,no
matter
> > how much we both tried,i didn't even enter head voice.
>
> So to summarize:
>
> You haven't been studying for very long
>
> Your current teacher has helped you out in general
>
> But, you still can't find "head voice"
>
> I would have a bit more patience then ... sometimes one part of
the
> voice is stuck but you make progress elsewhere, and then suddenly
> things free up.
>
> Here are a few more thoughts:
>
> It seems you are trying to find a "head voice" which is totally
> different from your "chest voice". Apparently that approach works
> for some - and presently it is working for me. But another way is
to
> try to learn how to lighten and "mix" more "head" into the chest
> voice first, and then sometimes the head comes later. Some of
this
> is a matter of keeping the larynx relaxed, and if one has a raised
> larynx, then exercises that induce a bit of a "dumb" or "hollow"
> sound can sometimes trick you into a headier production.
>
> So - here's one exercise I made up - I have a fictional character
> called "Count Chocula" - I think there's a cereal by that name.
>
> Try speaking in your regular voice - "I am count chocula -
blahhh" -
> imagine the way that dracula might say it - a bit of a lowered
larynx
> and kind of exaggerated. If you watch Sesame Street there is the
> character of the Count - imagine how he talks, but exaggerate it
more.
>
> You might try speaking that phrase higher and higher - "I am count
> chocula blahhh" and see if it can trick you into entering a bit of
a
> head voice or at least a heady sounding voice.
>
> If I have a chance, I'm tempted to try and record this and place
it
> in the files section.
>
> So what I'm saying is - rather than worrying about "head voice" -
see
> if you can get a "heady" sound while still in the comfortable
range
> of your chest voice. This "headiness" in the sound should start,
I
> believe, well below middle C - say the G below. If you listen to
a
> good lyric baritone, for example, even in their middle voice there
is
> a lot of sense of roundness, an ease of tone from "blending"
> the "head" (and of course physically this is nonsense - what is
> happening is that the singer has learned to lengthen and thin
their
> folds lower down in pitch).
>
> We have this CD of Children's Lullabies (see
> Daydreams And Lullabies CD at amazon.com
> that I play for my young son, featuring Russell Braun
> (http://www.russellbraun.com/) - and it is such a lovely voice he
> has - and a good role model I think for hearing how heady a sound
one
> can/should have in the upper middle and higher of one's chest
voice.
> Thomas Hampson is another baritone that has a very heady sound.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Michael Gordon
Dear Mr Gordon.
Thank you very much for your interest.
I am taking lessons for 5 months.
I don't know if i'm right but i think it's quite a big period of
time for someone to enter head voice.(maybe i'm wromg.of course you
have a better knowledge).
We've also tried this approach you're mentioning.We tried to lighten
the sound and transfering it behind the soft pallate while ascending
tha scale.Unfortunately,it didn't work.
It would be great if you could post that exercise you made up.
For once more,thank you for interest.
Jonas.
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