Sharon Szymanski <szy@n...> wrote: >Ed brings up a point that I have often wondered about. I have heard countless folks advocate the dropping of the jaw for various reasons in singing but have found personally, that this actually pulls me out of position and distorts the vowel and tone. Instead, I prefer a sense of moving the jaw more toward the back (creating a sense of "overbite")which seems to create more lift in the palate and a nicer sense of space where I seem to need it for higher notes. Any thoughts on this from the peanut gallery?
I think this is an example of the sort of thing that's different for individual singers, and the feedback of a teacher is helpful as to whether the dropped jaw is working as hoped. In my case, a relaxed jaw-drop is helpful. But before I figured out how to do that, I'd hold my jaw open, which added tension, and didn't do any good. I now go for a "dog-face" feeling when I drop my jaw, which I think is similar to Sharon's "overbite" idea. (Before I studied voice, I thought singers were crazy, the way they talked!)
Peggy
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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