Sorry this response has taken so long - but - here goes...
I like the description of a healthy belt being a "hard mix". Most of my kids
know how to do the lower belt naturally - so what I teach them is to bring the
head voice down into the mix register - so that they have more options. I
equate this method to the method many tenors use to extend their ranges - they
bring their falsetto down. I DO NOT work on the "belt" when we are doing
technique exercises. I work, instead, on finding a healthy, more italianate mix
- with more italianate vowels. I do, however, help my kids with material that
requires a "belt" sound. And, one of the things I emphasize is to SAVE it for
the "cash regsiter" - don't "belt" until the money notes come!
I'm sorry I can't get more specific than that - that is, with a screen and a
keypad.
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