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From:  Greypins@a...
Greypins@a...
Date:  Wed Jan 24, 2001  6:31 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] 'registers'/increase bulk of a muscle........


taylor,

again, my apologies. i had long assumed that increasing the bulk of
the intrinsic muscles of the larynx was highly unlikely if not impossible.
as randy pointed out, as a solution to bowing, it makes perfect sense. i
have to wonder, if this exercise is good for people with bowed folds,
wouldn't the same exercise, done in the same way, benefit everyone?

perhaps there is a limit to brute strength's usefulness in the operation
of the larynx in singing. i can imagine the increase of bulk in the folds
making the voice lower and i can also imagine that it might make it possible
for extending the heavy mechanism higher. but, i wonder if, in the latter
case, would that make it more difficult to incorporate the action of the
crico-thyroid muscles? i suppose thay could be built up too (headline:
'singer strangles himself to death- no hands!').

i have to admit i'm too stunned to get carried away imagining all the
possibilities.
hey, maybe peter hoffman will make a comeback with a workout video for the
larynx.

dazed and confused,
mike


  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
8706 More on registers/bulk/inventing the wheel....... taylor23f@h...   Wed  1/24/2001   6 KB
8717 Re: More on registers/bulk/inventing the wheel... Lloyd W. Hanson   Thu  1/25/2001   9 KB
8719 Re: Reply to Lloyd and list taylor23f@h...   Thu  1/25/2001   9 KB
8747 Re: Reply to Lloyd and list Lloyd W. Hanson   Thu  1/25/2001   5 KB

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