Lloyd and other vocalisters,
I read this article, and had a theory about the use of nasal consonants in
teaching. Seems like I remember in Miller that [m] helps to relax the
tongue, and in my own experience [n] and "ng" bring the back of the tongue
forward. Could it be that students who press the back of the tongue down
are helped into brighter, more "ringing" sounds by the tongue relaxing and
coming forward? Just a thought...
David Grogan
East Texas Baptist University
Marshall, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: Lloyd W. Hanson <lloyd.hanson@n...>
From: Lloyd W. Hanson <lloyd.hanson@n...>
> COMMENT: The latest issue of the NATS Journal of Singing
> (November/December 2000, Volume 57, No. 2) has an article by Stephen
> F. Austin, a former contributor to this list, entitled Nasal
> Resonance-Fact or Fiction? He provides research to prove that nasal
> resonance removes the singer's formant and thereby reduces the "ring"
> in the voice. He postulates that the rather new phenomenon of
> teaching nasal resonance came from the "ma, me, mi, mo, mu" exercises
> developed by the physician H. Holbrook Curtis who "reportedly helped
> the tenor Jean de Reske regain his injured voice" through the use of
> nasal resonance. "The famous de Reske promoted their work together,
> and the rest is history." He also states unequivocally that nasal
> resonance has never been promoted by the great Italian teachers of
> the past but rather that they warned against its use.
>
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