From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)"
Subject: Re: Chin vibrato - Observations
To: vocalist
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BB wrote:

>>In the latter case, I noticed a definite degradation in the periodicity
and balance of the vibrato as the singers "added" jaw movement to "help"
the vibrato or at least to help their sense of vocal freedom.

Barry, what makes you think the singers purposely added the jaw movement.
All the experience I have had with this personally and with my students has
been that this movement is involuntary and is caused by tension somewhere in
the process. The trick is to figure out how to eliminate it, and this is
often very difficult.

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