The would-be singer has to learn to control the tongue muscles and, above all things, to learn to relax the tongue and to govern it at will, so that it never stiffens and forms that hard lump which can be plainly felt immediately beneath the chin under the jaw. Mastery of the Tongue – Caruso […]
The vocal teacher who rebuild my shattered voice, Mr. Glen Pierce, believes that his constant involvement in music is part of the reason for his good health and longevity. As of this post, he is now 101 years old and in fantastic shape – all there mentally, walks without a cane, drives his car. He […]
“There might be people out there who are utterly musical, but don’t do anything with that skill or haven’t fully developed it” – Dr Daniel Mullensiefen, Goldsmiths College Read his short BBC Article HERE How musical are you? Takes 25 minutes on a computer with sound Test your rhythm, music memory and knowledge Take the […]
The tongue is an enormous muscle compared with the other parts of the throat and mouth, and its roots particularly can by a slight movement block the passage of the throat pressing against the larynx. This accounts for much of the pinched singing we hear. – Mastery of the Tongue – Caruso and Tetrazzini
… insufficient opening of the larynx or by stoppage of the throat passage, due to the root of the tongue being forced down and back too hard or possibly to a low, soft palate. In order to have the throat perfectly open it is necessary to have the jaw absolutely relaxed. – Luisa Tetrazzini, one […]
…while you sing. This is one way to lower the ‘floor’ of your mouth, which creates more room in your mouth for resonance and getting your tongue out-of-the-way. This is one way to achieve a more open throat which creates better tone and less vocal fatigue.
What follows is Cornelius Reid writing about the “break” from his article “Functional Voice Training”which originally appeared in Journal of Orgonomy; Part 1 in Vol. 4, No. 2, November 1970, and Part 2 in Vol. 5, No. 1, May 1971 “Almost all voices of any stature present a problem during training because of the break […]
… they attack or start the note in the throat. Sooner or later this attack will ruin the most beautiful voice. … But to have the attack pure and perfectly in tune you must have the throat entirely open, for it is useless to try to sing if the throat is not sufficiently open to […]
She has been singing most of her life. Like most female singers who do not read music, she ended up in the soprano section of the choir, as they typically sing the melody of the song and it is easier to follow. At the completion of her first six lessons, this semi-retired woman has discovered […]
Being confronted with a male student who didn’t know what his falsetto was, or how to make a sound with it, was confounding. I tried several typical ways of accessing the falsetto register with complete failure! What to do? “Have you ever watched the Simpsons? Do you know the character ‘Nelson’? The bully who always […]
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