In a message dated 02/18/2001 6:58:34 PM Central Standard Time, acronvich@h... writes: acronvich@h... writes:
<< , therefore I don't understand why many of you seam to feel that you can't have one without the other. (I throw this out to the list, not really expecting a response since I have the sneaking suspicion that I may not actually exist, since many of my questions have gone unanswered, ignored etc.) Anne >>
Sometimes I just read people's e-mails and agree with them or say, "Yeah, I wonder that too," but don't make the time to say so... sorry!
I also don't have a problem with raising my soft palate without radically lowering my larynx or widening my pharynx. I think that those can happen (Paul Kiesgen at IU calls the over-lifted palate giving a singer the look of "a dog eating peanut butter") but I think that a lifted palate is a natural part of the process to avoid a nasal tone and create more resonance space. So for those people who say, "If you're not nasal, it isn't necessary to raise the palate," you're right, it isn't necessary, because it's already raised. If it weren't, the person would have some nasality in the sound.
Christine Thomas Wauwatosa, WI <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html"> http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html</A>
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
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