Caio Rossi wrote:
> How would a teacher try to place the tuning resonance beforehand: "Try to
> place it in the ear lobe and let's see what happens". "Ok, now, try the left
> eye"?
I did have fun in a lesson with a 15-year-old singer, though, several
years ago, experimenting with non-technical ideas. I had said that what
we were trying to do with a particular placement exercise was to make
the tone slightly less "acidic", to take the "vinegar" out of it, and
she responded well to this idea, using her imagination to help her in
the sound we wanted. Of course we then went through the process of
investigating what she had done, what felt different, etc. We spent the
rest of the lesson investigating other colours in her voice by
considering food! She sang mashed potato, beefy, syrup, champagne - I
hope she was guessing that last one - and she discovered a whole variety
of colour which she had not realised her voice was capable of.
I hasten to add, this is not the way I normally teach!
Linda
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