Hi, Mike and listers
I'm getting better ( referring to pvt mail ). I'm even reading the msgs from days ago.
You wrote:
>i have been having my students sing with pencils in their > mouths accomplishing two things; dumping excessive lip postures and allowing > them to notice the relationship between the tongue and throat and how that > changes from vowel to vowel. it also causes almost all of them to sing with > more focus as they tend to develope a gentle sub-glottal pressure rather than > 'surf-singing' (sul fiato as opposed to col fiato). unfortunately, some > miss the point and end up singing like the tin man in need of his oil can > when the pencil comes out.
I just think you should take care with that. i used to do some exercises with a cork in my mouth ( as prescribed by my speech therapist ), and that ended up causing big pain in the jaw. I couldn't even bite an apple for days.
According to another speech therapist, a big shot orthodontist said it was crazy to do that kind of thing, because it may aggravate or create jaw tension ( TJM? ).
bye,
Caio Rossi
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