In a message dated 2/20/01 12:33:24 PM Central Standard Time,
lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
> If a technique of singing is sought in which the larynx is to be
> raised, as Barry's description of his (and Estill's ) belt technique
> states, it is logical that the palate will not be in a raised state
> as described above. But regardless of the raising or not raising of
> the soft palate, the velopharyngeal ports can be either open or
> closed. And clearly, hard belters do it both ways.
>
>
Lloyd, that is just not true. Of course the soft palate can be raised and
the port be left open because of incompetence, but for it to be closed the
velum absolutely has to raise and move back, there is no way around it.
Randy Buescher
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