John,
When you're singing this u vowel that's turning into an o for sake of vocal
beauty - I'm wondering how the inside of your mouth is feeling. I can only
think that the u seems to tense the back - and feels narrow all the way
through from the back to the front. The o is almost opposite, feeling open
all the way from the back to the front?
I would suggest playing a little - and trying to feel like the back of your
mouth is open more than the front of your mouth with the u vowel (kind of
like the shape of a funnel backwards in your mouth - but not SO small in the
front - just comfortable). Also - instead of thinking of the sound coming
straight out of your mouth - try to feel it at an angle going down - high in
the back - low in the front.
Good luck - I hope you don't have to go the dreaded recording! :)
Have a great day!
Lisa M. Nuske
Soprano and Voice Teacher
Appleton, WI
http://home.att.net/~earthbounddiva
You are the music while the music lasts.
~ T. S. Eliot ~
-----Original Message-----
From: John Alexander Blyth [mailto:BLYTHE@B...]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:06 PM
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vocalist] vowel quandry
Thanks to mike and sdr, for your suggestions. I think you're probably
advising much the same thing. To my non-N.Am. ears though, that vowel seems
as far from what I want as my own Scottish way of saying 'book' or 'look'
would be! My next step is to check recordings of this scene - something I
hate to do. john
>-Maybe something in the neighborhood of an [U] vowel, as in "book" or
"look" ?
>-If you round your lips more, that might give them more of what they're
>looking for,
>but it will cut off some of your singer's formant.
-Sing with the jaw a bit more closed on that note.
>john,
>
> if your 'fu' is turning into 'fo' and you're losing your singer's
>formant, you might think of cheating it towards an umlaut 'u' (or, you
might
>even try that valley girl 'u' some were complaining about last week).
>
>mike
John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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