Dear Randy, I see. It's terminology!
What you insist on terming 'damping', I would equally insist is 're-tuning'.
Thank you Randy for your description I knew we could nail this to the wall eventually, as long as we resisted the temptation to personal denigration and it does so reinforce the pre-conceptions of the femininists;) To mix a suitable male metaphor and lighten the atmosphere, when a guy pisses into the wind he is unlikely to finish with egg on his face:)
My technical background leads me always to electronic simile and at the risk of boring all to tears, I feel the need to invoke the "pi" filter as the cordal mechanism. Mass and tension.
I can't nominate a mass for a particular frequency, nor can I suggest a tension of the muscles that match that desired psycho-acoustic choice. The one thing I can reliably suggest, is that when the particular pitch is psycho-acoustically finished with, the mass of choice and the matching muscle tension will alter, thus de-tuning the mechanism.
This, I think is what you are calling damping. You are correct in the terms that the cords stop what they were doing. Unfortunately I must insist that damping is a dynamic term, in that it implies restraint, not change. By this I mean reigning in a tendency for a mechanism to exceed its physical limitations and venture into the zone of destruction. However, used correctly during the act of singing, damping in my terms, would lead to both control and purity of tone.
This may seem to be a little distant from SLS and other systems of training, but to one who fears vocal damage or destruction and yet wishes to approach the limits of vocal achievement, I think it is prudent to do whatever one can, to ensure that the path does not lead to the abyss. This includes challenging all contentions that appear to be intrinsically flawed. Unfortunately this is going to lead to confrontation with others who hold just a little TOO tightly to a creed. But given our male strength to concentrate on one thing at a time the solution will usually be laid bare, unlike the others, who's multi-tasking ability results in the suspension of fight or flight and leads to their ultimate stagnation:) This awful observation comes from the last time something like this happened and one of the others condescending suggested leaving the boys to their games. Not good. More positively that same fight or flight has great application to performance nerves, but of course that's another matter for which other walls may have to be torn down.
Regards Reg.
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