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>>wondering whether there was a mode in which the vocal folds would never be
>>really open : they would only let small puffs, "bubbles" of air make their
>>air [typo : read "way"!]
>> between them, but either the bottom or the top part of the folds would
>>always be adducted.
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>You (Reg) answered :
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>>Alain I really do not know, except to suggest that such a situation would
>be
>>defective condition because the closed phase should be just that ..closed.
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>In my description (especially with the typo corrected as above!), it is
>rather the open phase that would disappear... Air "bubbles" would come
>through, without the whole "height" of the vocal folds ever being abducted
>at the same time... Whenever an air puff escapes from the top of the vocal
>folds, the bottom would already be closed... Does it actually happen? Could
>it happen???
>
>| Alain Zürcher, Paris, France
Alain perhaps that is a good description of Lloyd's creeky door warm up
which certainly implies to me an exercising of the muscles and a
contacting of the cords, but if it is so, then I feel it has limited vocal
appeal. :)
Perhaps Randy has a opinion to offer.
Regards Reg.
ps. I love Lalo's L'aube Nait :)
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