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From:  Greypins@a...
Greypins@a...
Date:  Wed Dec 5, 2001  5:34 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Threshold Breath Pressure


In a message dated 12/5/2001 12:06:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
lloyd.hanson@n... writes:

<< An awareness of the sensation of breath suspension that occurs during
the process of providing a gentle warm, moist breath is the same
sensation that a singer should have while phonating efficiently. >>

lloyd,

the last time you mentioned this, i had high hopes for trying it but was
horrified to find out that the five or six people i had that day, all fogged
up the mirror in my studio with different amounts of air going at different
speeds. the other problem i had was that, after some adjustment to their
wind speeds, as they tried to phonate in the same manner, as soon as their
folds kicked in, their sensations for what they were doing were completely
different.

however, i can see how, with adjustments, this approach could be useful.
it is very similar to getting a student to alternate between sighing and
glottal plosives, identifying the two as endmarks in a spectrum. using the
sighing to get a feel for maximum wind with minimum resistance and the
glottal plosive as a feel for 'reasonable' maximum resistance, the student
then has a sense of the two elements involved in phonation, with the
understanding that a balancing of the two is required to produce the desired
results (whatever they might be).

<< The amount of breath pressure needed to begin phonation is not large.
In normal speech we provide such phonation pressure without giving it
a thought. >>

wouldn't you agree, though, that the feel of that pressure changes, as
higher pitches, sustained for longer periods than are found in speech, are
introduced?

mike


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15753 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure ODivaTina@a...   Wed  12/5/2001   3 KB
15769 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Lloyd W. Hanson   Thu  12/6/2001   5 KB
15770 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure David   Thu  12/6/2001   2 KB
15772 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Greypins@a...   Thu  12/6/2001   3 KB
15793 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Lloyd W. Hanson   Fri  12/7/2001   6 KB
15773 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Greypins@a...   Thu  12/6/2001   2 KB
15794 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Greypins@a...   Fri  12/7/2001   3 KB
15795 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Greypins@a...   Fri  12/7/2001   2 KB
15797 Re: Threshold Breath Pressure Greypins@a...   Fri  12/7/2001   3 KB

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