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From:  "Caio Rossi" <caioross@z...>
"Caio Rossi" <caioross@z...>
Date:  Tue Nov 7, 2000  2:09 am
Subject:  LARYNX: up, down or at rest?


Hi, everyone


First, I'll be more generical, and then I'll talk about the topic above.

When I read the so-called scientific research that has supposedly shown that
classical singers have healthier cords than pop singers ( someone posted its
URL about 2 months ago ), and, therefore, that classical singing is
healthier than pop singing, I was astonished at the conclusions they got to
based upon so little. I think those here who are interested in science
should read that carefully. They even suggest racial influence based upon
ONE black singer! They also get to conclusions based upon information not
delivered to the readers. There was so much questionable 'science' there
that I couldn't believe they showed that to the public. And one of the
biggest mistakes was this: did their research really correlate musical
styles to healthy singing or healthy singing to the quality of the singing
teachers in that area? That is pseudo-science to me.

Well, now talking about the larynx: are the conclusions about the effects of
all possible positions the larynx may be put in based upon the whole
population or upon clinical experience? I can remember a TV debate some
years ago btw a doctor and a psychologist. Both treated impotent men and
claimed they could help 90% of their patients. Then, they started
discussing: Is sexual impotence mostly caused by physical problems or
psychological problems? Based upon their clinical experience, the doctor
said it was mainly physical and the psychologist said it was mainly
mental/emotional. They never considered the possibility that their patients
might have looked for the professional they ALREADY knew would help them!

As applied to the larynx position:

1. If, as Randy puts it, different individuals will have different reactions
to the same situation, can you determine DOs and DON'Ts for everyone
regarding larynx positioning?
2. Are there more people who raise their larynxes looking for ENTs and
speech pathologists because that habit is necessarily causing problems or is
it because simply there are more people doing that among the whole
population of singers?
3. What can be said of EstillERS? Have they been studied?

I might think of other questions but I'm too tired now. It's 00:07 now here!

Bye,yawwwwwwwwwwwnnnnn

Caio Rossi




  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
6280 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? Lloyd W. Hanson   Tue  11/7/2000   4 KB
6282 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? Caio Rossi   Tue  11/7/2000   5 KB
6284 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? buzzcen@a...   Tue  11/7/2000   2 KB
6285 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? buzzcen@a...   Tue  11/7/2000   2 KB
6286 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? Lloyd W. Hanson   Tue  11/7/2000   3 KB
6289 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? john schweinfurth   Tue  11/7/2000   3 KB
6294 Re: LARYNX: up, down or at rest? Caio Rossi   Tue  11/7/2000   4 KB

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