Date sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 07:50:17 EST
Subject: Re: singer's formant (that pinging thing)
To: vocalist
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In a message dated 2/9/00 3:22:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Laurence.l.Kubiak-at-IS.shell.com writes:

<< If the critical area is 'just below the pharynx', why do many schools of
singing encourage the presence of this formant by placing the voice in the
mask? Is this in some way related to the view that 'i' is a high-formant
vowel? Or am I asking the wrong questions altogether.
>>

I think that this idea comes from the sensation that the middle voice
seems to resonate there when it is correct, not that it is really placed
there. The idea is guiding the voice by sensations and that applies to only
the middle voice , as the sensations for the rest of the voice are elsewhere.