| From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" Subject: Re: Chin vibrato - Observations To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Cindy D. wrote:
>> Additionally, I've never noted these problems in a singer whose body alignment is good - even though they may have minor problems with breath/jaw/tongue. The more coordinated the singer becomes the less chin wobble there will be.
Alas, I wish that were always the case. I myself have struggled off and on for years with this problem, and I have excellent alignment (after years of Alexander Technique and other training). There is more involved than body alignment, and I think every person is different with regard to finding the key that unlocks. My gut feeling is that the problem is based in breath manage- ment. And it doesn't help, in my case, that I have so little time to practice! :) Ah well, on we go, doing the best we can under the circum- stances in which we find ourselves.
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