Mirko wrote:
>I think a raised
>larynx is the cause of an unstable voice style, no matter how 'right' it
>sounds. Most rock singing is with a raised larynx, a sign of a constricted
>throat and tension (i've been there), especially as a lot them emulate
other
>voice types- and most rock singers i know couldn't care less if this is
>incorrect.
Mirko, isn't it amazing that we may have finally agreed on something?! :-)
My new singing teacher has called my attention to my raised larynx,and, at
home, looking in the mirror, I started noticing that it tended to go up more
often when I was emulating other singers. Whenever I sang the same song with
my own voice, it would settle down longer. Then I had an insight ( which I'm
exposing to the list to be sure it's not short-sighted :-) ):
If you sing holding your larynx down with you hand you'll have a timbre
different from that you'd have by raising it. That must be YOUR natural
timbre ( considering your settled larynx as your natural voice, of
course! ). Therefore, if my theory is right ( I tested it but I'd rather
have my teacher verify it ) , all you have to do is try to replicate that
very same timbre and your larynx will consequently stay down. I owe this
theory, be it right or completely stupid ( in the latter case I assume full
responsability over it ), to my reading of "The Rock-and-Roll Singer's
Survival Manual", by Mark Baxter, where he says that most of our problems
with our voices are caused by our trying to control the singing-involved
muscles, while we should be trying to sing only while the brain commands the
larynx and other muscles to do their jobs accordingly. We do that while
talking, why should singing be any different?
What do you think, listers?
Bye,
Caio Rossi
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