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From:  Greypins@a...
Greypins@a...
Date:  Thu Feb 1, 2001  5:31 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] PED--The upper break


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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