Please explain what is the paper towel trick.
Thanks,
Carol
>From: Greypins@a...
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist] Two Chest Voices, wasChest to Mix, was Re: Too Many
>Low Notes
>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 02:45:27 EST
>
>lloyd,
>
> great explaination (your best, i think). it explains in great
>detail, what has always felt like a 'stretching', to me, when heading
>towards
>and getting into 'head' voice. the labels of 'chest' and 'head' have
>bothered me for quite sometime as, they describe the resultant sensations
>of
>an action, or actions, rather than describing what is actually happening.
>i
>also think that these two labels have more to do with register changes than
>to what is happening in the folds. even if the vibrational pattern of the
>folds changes as one sings from low to high, or vice versa, that change is
>still the result of what is happening rather than a cause.
>
> the paper towel trick that we both use, probably works because it
>keeps the singer from sabotaging the stretching of the folds. we all know
>singers start doing stupid things whenever something sounds odd or
>different
>to them. the perception of a sudden register change does not mean that
>there was an accompanying sudden change in the folds. the action of the
>vocal folds is not always mirrored by the action of the sounds they
>produce.
>
> as i understand the problem described by gwendel, it sounds like he
>is
>trying to sing low notes with too thin a guaging of his vocal folds, based
>on
>his sensations of resonance. if the size and guage of his vocal folds
>require a certain thickness in order to produce a pitch with any kind of
>volume, past a point, he will no longer experience the sensations he
>experiences as 'head'. someone with a much lower voice (longer vocal
>folds)
>will experience sensations of the 'head' register lower than those with
>higher voices.
>
> so gwendel, given the above, it is my opinion that you would be
>best
>off going into what you perceive as 'chest' for your low notes and then
>adjusting the resonance (vowel) to fit in with the rest of your singing.
>
>mike
>
>
>
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