To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
From: Peter Louis van Dijk
Subject: Re: Baritone Upper Register Hook
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

>Ernie asked:
>
>>By "gargle" - do you mean making singing sounds with a liquid
>in the throat (I've got a feelng this isn't it, but after all this banter
>regarding taking people literally...well, ya never know!) or
>having the sound emanate from the back of the throat so that it
>creates sensations over &/or under the soft palate on it's way through
>to the mask?
>

Diane replied:
>No, I don't mean gargle with liquid, tho you might start out that way if your
>muscles seem reluctant to work. I mean singing an an extended version of the
>uvular R (used in German and French). We don't use this sound in English, so
>those muscles are lazy.
>

Do you find that your larynx lifts during this exercise? How do you keep it
level? Have you tried to "gargle" using your vocal cords? ( You drown if
you use water and the cords don't close properly!)

Regards
Susi
C T RSA