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To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: How to disconnect falsetto and closed throat
Date sent: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:29:40 +0100
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Philippe Farhi wrote :

<< I really have trouble with one student that associated so much high
register with throat tensed that I can't make him produce a clear falsetto=
.
He only can sing in that register (sort of) with a very closed, breathy
tone. Nothing does. Anyone would have a trick to make him discover falsett=
o
with no tension anywhere ?>>

I wonder if this "falsetto" is not rather a sort of whistle register... Th=
e
whole posture and breathing process is probably to be checked and correcte=
d.
Some easier tricks: have it start from a sigh or make steam and feel the h=
ot
and moist air on his fingers, with the jaw, mouth, lips etc perfectly
relaxed... as if half asleep... dreaming...

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