| From: "mimimemeus <mimimemeus@y...> Date: Fri Dec 13, 2002 2:52 pm Subject: Re: lack of vibrato
| Thank you that would be very interesting to hear!!
-- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "arado_ge <arado_ge@y...>" <arado_ge@y...> wrote: > I absolutely have to reply!!!! I've had the same problem and it was > finally CURED by participating in masterclasses with Richard Miller > in the summer. The sort of excercises he made me do were, for > example, saying "I am a ghost" and doing a wobbly, ghoul sound on the > word "Ghost". He would also ask me to talk like an American Preacher > with vibrato in the voice. This helped me to really FEEL what the > vibrato was like. > > Then I moved onto singing with a laugh on long notes AND doing La-a- a- > a-a-a-a each "a" being a sort of pulse. At first you are "pushing" > the vibrato but with time the muscle groups take over and the vibrato > begins to appear. > > Another trick which is supposed to help vibrato is trilling. I have > to admit that it never worked for me before although now that I am > learning to trill properly, I am losing a lot of the tension I had > previously as it is virtually impossible to produce a trill when one > is tense. > > I actually have a recording of the lesson I did with Richard Miller. > I'm not sure how big it is if I MP3 it but I could try and e-mail it > to you for a listen or put it on my website just for a week for you > to download and see what sort of suggestions he was making? I would > also highly recommend reading the section on Vibrato in Miller's > books "training soprano voices" and "Vocal Technique" (something like > that ...). > > > > > -- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, Naomi Gurt Lind > <naomi@n...> wrote: > > L wrote: > > > > >I have been singing for only a few years and am a 30 y.o. with > lyric > > >soprano qualities to my voice but only occasionally do I sing with > > >any vibrato. I am looking for suggestions on areas to begin > looking > > >for tensions that may be inhibiting vibrato. I do have a sense that > > >somehow I am "controlling" the voice thus not allowing vibrato to > be > > >produced. The times I have sung with vibrato I haven't trusted that > > >it wasn't "put" there somehow, in other words not natural. > > > > You're probably right that tension is interfering with the > appearance > > of vibrato. It's my experience that tension acts as an anesthesia > to > > itself -- but once I become aware of it, it's much easier to > unlock. > > You might consider taking some Alexander Technique or Feldenkrais > > lessons. Both of these techniques deal in body awareness. I have > > experience with Alexander (fellow list member John Link has > extensive > > experience with Feldenkrais) and can say unequivocally that this > work > > is what put my voice technique over the top in terms of dealing > with > > lingering problems. > > > > Good luck! > > Naomi Gurt Lind
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