On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 Greypins@a... wrote:
> the tongue is used for articulating the consonants and let the tongue 'react'
> instinctively for the vowels?
This to an extent. More that the part of the tongue that you should
*consciously* move is the front 1/3 (or so), and the rest of the tongue
will move "instinctively" into the right place *IF* you are thinking the
vowel sound accurately. Much of the problem people have with making the
right vowel sounds stems, I feel, from their not HEARING the right vowel
sounds in their head. They may *think* what they hear is "i", for example,
but what they are actually hearing is some kind of "e/a/i" amalgam - which
ends up being what they sing. Of course, you'll have to "modify" towards
that "e/a" amalgam in the upper register, but keeping a firm THOUGHT of a
pure "i" will make the modification *seem* much more like the pure "i"
than if you don't keep the pure "i" in mind. And in the middle and lower
registers, the vowel sound should progressively tighten up the lower you
go, so it is indeed absolutely pure by the time you're singing in "chest".
KM
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