>Colin Reed wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if I can feel if the VP is open or not, because I don't know
> > how it should fee, and I don't know how to open and close it anyway. Being
> > completely ignorant of much anatomical knowledge, I'm not completely
> certain
> > what it is anyway. Is there an easily accessible diagram somewhere?
> >Linda...
>I don't know of a diagram, but can you breathe in through your mouth
>_and_ nose at the same time? If so, try breathing in and out through
>both, then in and out through your mouth only. Then both. Then mouth
>only, and so on. You should be aware of the port opening and closing. I
>know there are some yoga breathing exercises which do something similar,
>but yoga is something I'm always going to get started into next week!
Just a sketch Colin....
The Structure of Singing pages 52/53. On page 53 Fig.4.4 the
velum is shown in its at rest position, while in the drawing on
page 52 it is shown sealing just as you describe thus maximising
Oropharynx space. : ) (Term from the book.)
Reg.
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