All:
I seem to have no problems with breath flowing both through my mouth
and nose when singing scales with no consonants throughout my whole
range. As a tenor I can easily vocalize to B nautral, C, D flat and
up to D natural.
However when I finish scale work in daily practicing and turn to
working on songs, it's a different story. As soon as I begin to sing
words something unconsciuos seems to take hold and I seem to shut off
the flow of breath, particularly the flow of breath through my nose.
Up to a pitch of E flat or E natural in a song I do okay. However
from F natural and above I feel myself grasping at the very same note
that I sang easily during scale work.
This is particularly so that the onset of a phrase after I've taken a
breath. If a musical line starts on an F, F# or G, notes that are
well within my range, I cringe at the thought of taking the breath
because almost invariably I will grasp for the note. Again, If I
start a musical line on one of these pitches on a vowel, as though it
were a scale, I have a much better chance to have a good onset and
not grasp at the note.
I've give a lot of thought to this problem and tried many approaches,
mostly using some kind of imagery. However the problem still
persists.
Can anyone suggest something that I might try?
Thanks very much.
Regards,
Bob.
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