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From:  buzzcen@a...
Date:  Sun Jan 6, 2002  9:46 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] re: Raised larynx, Crowded throat

It seems that the majority of suggestions in this case relate to "support"
when the issue is a raised larynx. In a raised larynx the suprahyoid muscles
are pulling the hyoid bone superiorly and anteriorly. In this condition
exercises are needed that disengage those muscles and make more use of
infrahyoid muscles that will put the larynx in a lower position. Certain
affectations (such as a bit of a dumb quality in the sound) will create this
relationship. Repetitive use of these exercises will make the body convince
the mind that the high larynx position is not necessary and ease the voice
into the upper registers. Once that is dumb, you can then shape away from
the dumb sound to a more normal production.

Boiling everything down to support is one of the most common faults teachers
make. Richard Miller has a wonderful essay on this (What you need is More
Support) in On the Art of Singing.

Randy Buescher






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