In a message dated 10/01/2001 11:34:25 AM Central Daylight Time, leskayc@a... writes:
<< She also has me "smile" on some high notes, but the idea is not an ACTUAL smile, just a lift of the zygomatics. BUT, the only way I can do it is to smile. She says I will get the hang of it. I keep waiting. >>
The problem is that the zygomatic muscles are vertical, whereas the smile or risorius (sp?) muscles are horizontal. AND if you are using your zygomatic muscles, you are lifting your palate. So there's a slight discrepancies in terminology there...
It's often called the "inside" smile -- like you're terribly, terribly amused by someone but don't let on. I tell my students, "Imagine there is one teacher that thinks he's awfully funny but no one else does -- and you and your friend had been talking about how he always cracks weird jokes in class -- and then he does. You don't look at your friend and give her a great big cheesy grin, because then he'll know something's up and say 'Is there something you want to share with us, Miss XYZ?' Instead you looked at her with this look that says, 'there he goes again.'" They usually get it.
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