Jean Marie, you have made an interesting point. I was introduced to the same
feeling a week ago when I had a one hour lesson with voice teacher David
Jones - http://www.voiceteacher.com/
David worked on relaxing my tongue, opening my throat and layngeal vowels.
Like you say, it felt "too far back", but it was actually a better sound in the
recording. David pointed out that the fuller resonance goes out to the audience
more than to the singer, so it does not sound as good to the singer. He said
that in this
way singers need to learn to sing by "feel" rather than the sound we hear in our
head.
A-ha indeed !
John
> Everyone,
> I just had one of those a-ha! moments. My teacher and I have been working
> on a fuller, more resonant sound, and it has been difficult for me to pin
> down what exactly was going on when it was good, when was it not as good.
> In my previous study, it was always very clear to me what I should do, and
> what it should sound like to me. But this fuller resonance was eluding me.
> Well, I did what me teacher asked me to. As I practiced, I recorded myself
> and played it back immediately. Man, I could tell!! But as I was doing the
> excercise, I thought, this can't be right - it's too far back. It didn't
> feel the way I was expecting it to feel. And inside my head, it didn't
> sound like I thought it would.
> Hooray for recording as a feedback resource!!!
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> Also, teachers out there - do you often find it easier to diagnose your
> students than diagnose your self? I sure do. But when I heard that
> recording right after I sang it, I could hear exactly what my teacher was
> talking about.
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> Now if I can just do it all the time . . .
> Jean Marie Henderson
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