Mark,
What have you found to be helpful for those students who depress their
tongue in an attempt to control air flow?
David Grogan
ETBU
Marshall, Texas
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From: thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
From: thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
To: Caio Rossi <caioross@z...>
To: Caio Rossi <caioross@z...>
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Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] DEPRESSED ROOT OF THE TONGUE; WAS:Today's
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> In my teaching, I have found that often the real problem with a depressed
> root of the tongue is a subconscious effort of the student to control air
> flow.
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> Mark Montgomery
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> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Caio Rossi wrote:
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> > Robin wrote:
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> > >The most frequent problem encountered in
> > > teaching this concept is that many students try to
> > > create a sensation of spaciousness by depressing the
> > > root of the tongue, which is obviously counterproductive.
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> > My former teacher does it ( depresses the root of the tongue while
lifting
> > the soft palate ), I sometimes do it too ( I haven't been paying much
> > attention to that anymore) and Alan Greene recommends that in his book,
so I
> > don't think it's obviously counterproductive ( you just have to take
care
> > not to get choked by that imaginary hot potato stuck in your mouth ).
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> > Bye,
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> > Caio Rossi
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