Dear Lloyd and Listers,
With ;my students I make fairly frequent use of Vennard's "yawn-sigh'
concept because I think it helps internalize in the student's mind and
body a basic self-awareness for what a freely functioning vocal mechanism
is all about. It is wonderful for developing sense of genuine vocal
freedom, in my view. In the 1967 edition of his book--"Revised Edition,
Greatly Enlarged"--of his book Vennard makes quite clear also that a
"swallowed tone" is highly undesirable (see pp. 155-158.)
Regards,
Carl Rogers
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