martti and geoffrey,
dave stroud's description of what has to happen in the larynx while singing from top to bottom is excellent. the cd of exercises that comes with roger love's book 'your voice at its best' is really terrific. (i have heard that these exercises are similar to ones he learned from seth riggs.)
having been trained by classical voice teachers, i had a somewhat limited range. after working with roger love's cd (as well as customizing it for my own purposes- no magic there so, don't worry), i have been able to increase my range quite a bit and have found singing, in general, to be a lot easier.
the process does require patience and time and also trusting that the thing you may call 'falsetto' will turn into something useful eventually. that being said, it is amazing how well those exercises work. they are a little like a monkey trap, if you give into what they seem like they are forcing you to do, they'll work. i use my bastardized version on all my students with great success.
mike
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