gwendel,
your larynx tilting forward and acting like the first half of swallowing don't neccesarily have to go together. when the crico-thyroids contract to increase pitch, they tilt the thyroid cartilage forward and actually down toward the cricoid cartilage. this action is independent of the raising of the larynx, as in swallowing. if you are training your voice for the purpose of singing classical music, you need to be able to tilt your thyroid cartilage forward and down while keeping your larynx slightly lower than normal.
the difficulty in doing this comes from the need to decrease brightness as one increases pitch. a lot of students, particularly beginners without much musical background, often think of the two as having to go together, that is, as pitch is increased brightness increases. some of them even think they are the same thing. using the feeling of yawning is often suggested as a solution. i would suggest, if you make sound while you're yawning (the high-pitched hooty sound), that you may notice the tilting of the thyroid while the larynx stays fairly low. if this is the case, you are presented with an example, in the extreme, of what you probably should be aiming for as you go through your upper break if this is the solution to that problem you are seeking.
mike
mike
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