At 12:50 PM 15\4\2000 -0500, Nancy wrote:
> >I've found that singers generally have three methods
> >of support -- "in and up," "down and out," or
> >"appoggio" as defined by Dr. Hanson (since, like "bel
> >canto," most teachers call their method appoggio,
> >whatever it happens to be).
> >
>I'm lost on one point here. "In and up" and "Down and out" I've experienced,
>but someone please tell me what "Appoggio" involves.
>Regards,
>Nancy C.
Dear Nancy and All,
Seems we're at a crucial area here. At least, one of
the main
bones of contention and just what I had in mind in the Support/Tension debate.
'Degree' of tension, I think is almost impossible to address in email.??? As
Lloyd
says in one of his recent postings_ there is no need to "do" anything_.
Literally interpreted this rather wipes the slate so
it's seems
that literal is not what's intended. It's in light of what surrounds it. Just
as merely
ensuring that the rib cage is erect requires a minimal muscular effort and
therefore
tension. But comfortable.
Images of what we do become very important to our vocal
security once they're established, but if the results falls short of our aims,
I at
least am prepared to make a change under what appears to me to be well
founded advice. Therefore from what Lloyd wrote, I changed from breathing low
and exhaling high. Not sure which of the mnemonics this is, nor even for that
matter whether the final result is actually different from what Lloyd
describes.
The one thing I do know is that Lloyds concise
description
made sense to me and gave me something that got results as well as conforming
with my experience and the apparent intentions of my teacher. So at least in the
early application of his advise I must 'do' something but later that 'doing'
lessens.
This is where I am right now and, I hope, explains what I mean when I say that
the student must not blindly follow the teachers input, but temper it with
their own intelligence because it's so individual.
But we're attempting to be objective on this list. I
need to hear
a concise description of these other support devices before I give them any
credence. From my experience and what I've read here, they are not forthcoming.
Professor Hanson has provided such a description and I am most appreciative
of it.
Best Wishes Reg.
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