Mike,
I agree that in order for the singer's formant to resonate the partials in its vicinity, the partials must be there in the first place and thus must be produced by the source.
About the presence of the singer's formant in high larynx singing: I have also done some experiments and, like you, I found that I could maintain the same strength of the partials around the SF that I had with the low larynx. It is a very ugly and overly bright sound though in which all partials are quite strong, even those above the normal SF. Like Lloyd I doubt whether this brightness is due to the singer's formant, since the partials above and below the SF also become stronger. I can only guess what the cause of this brightness is, but it seems to me that it comes directly from a different (and very tense) use of the voice source.
> my question remains then, does maximizing resonance, by lowering the > larynx, both increase the SF and diffuse it? is that possible? > > mike
Like Sundberg a.o. I still believe that the low larynx is a prerequisite for the SF. Apparently, with a high larynx (and thus without the SF) similar partial strengths in the SF region can be maintained. My hypothesis would be that the brightness is caused by the source (the folds) in combination with tenseness in the strapping musculature.
Wim
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