In a message dated 09/24/2000 8:49:26 PM Central Daylight Time, csdonnell@m... writes:
<< I suspect that in so doing I eliminated a lot of tension which accompanied my "trying too hard" with the lifted palate. I do use it with my own students from time to time. >>
Well, I believe in the raised palate as long as it's a comfortable lift and not a tense shoving it into place. Paul Kiesgen at IU calls the latter looking like "a dog eating peanut butter." I love that visual image!!!
Christine Thomas, Mezzo Soprano Wauwatosa, WI
"Humility is the acceptance of the possibility that someone else can teach you something else you do not know already, especially about yourself. Conversely, pride and arrogance close the door of the mind." -- Arthur Deikman, The Observing Self
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