In my teaching, I have found that often the real problem with a depressed
root of the tongue is a subconscious effort of the student to control air
flow.
Mark Montgomery
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Caio Rossi wrote:
> Robin wrote:
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> >The most frequent problem encountered in
> > teaching this concept is that many students try to
> > create a sensation of spaciousness by depressing the
> > root of the tongue, which is obviously counterproductive.
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> My former teacher does it ( depresses the root of the tongue while lifting
> the soft palate ), I sometimes do it too ( I haven't been paying much
> attention to that anymore) and Alan Greene recommends that in his book, so I
> don't think it's obviously counterproductive ( you just have to take care
> not to get choked by that imaginary hot potato stuck in your mouth ).
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> Bye,
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> Caio Rossi
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