Very simple, breath control. It Takes Practice and time to control. There are
people who can control their breat for a long period of time. There are a lot of
excercises for this........Bobby
jjh wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Karen Mercedes wrote:
>
> > I know it's mostly mind-over-matter, but does anyone have some good advice
> > on how to sustain high notes, especially those at the ends of phrases.
>
> Dear Karen and all the Vocalist temps:
>
> When this happens to me, I look for two things:
>
> 1. Are my ribs collapsing? I find that, at times, my ribs collapse (not
> in the front or at the sternum, but on the sides of my body), and I lose a
> lot of air. I was trained from the age of 14 on not to collapse my sternum,
> but much later in life I realized that there are more subtle forms of rib
> collapse. By making sure my ribs stay buoyant and expanded, I've been able
> to sustain longer phrases and higher tones don't get so "squeezed." It is
> my feeling that this technique, used judiciously, takes a lot of pressure
> off the higher notes in the upper register. When I work my ribs in this
> way, I think words like "buoyant" and "easy,", so my upper body doesn't get
> rigid or stiff.
>
> 2. Is my tongue tightening as I hold the note? This happens to be
> another one of my bugaboos. One way that I practice, to make sure the
> tongue does not "grab" or "grip," is to sustain a high note while
> articulating "ya-ya-ya-ya" or "ga-ga-ga-ga," over and over. It doesn't
> sound even remotely pretty, but this prevents the tongue from grabbing.
> Then, I sustain the note on the written vowel, and "feel" a
> "ya-ya-ya-ya"-type rippling of the tongue. By the way, I have had students
> do this, too. I have noticed that even when they are articulating the
> repeated "ya," it's not always acoustically apparent. In other words,
> they're rippling away on the repeated "ya," but in the audience, it's
> "nothin' but vowel" coming out!
>
> Good luck--this is a frustrating problem.
>
> Jana
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