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TRAINING TOE SINGING VOICE |
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LARYNGEAL POSITION
Should ike larynx mmte during phonation? The opinions of 18 authors are evenly divided on this question, the arguments pro and con being based largely on empirical observations and personal teaching experience. Affirmative opinions are represented by the following concepts:
1. The larynx revolves on its own axis. Therefore it descends according to pitch. [Witherspoon 677, p. 26]
2. It moves up and down to a slight extent. [Passe 443, p. 54; Marches! 3% p. 15]
3. The larynx rises as the pitch ascends the scale. [Allen 7, p. 49]
4. There is no fixed position. In trained singers the larynx may actually descend as the pitch rises. [Pressman 452]
Contrary opinions are summed up in the following:
1. The larynx is rather low during phonation and is kept in that
position by correct breathing. [Scott 502, p. 20]
2. Natural singers show no laryngeal movement during voice production. [Evetts and Worthington 167, p. 10]
3. Retain the Adam's Apple, or larynx, in one position for singing"-pLa Forest 326, p. 151]
4. The larynx should remain quiescent throughout a song/* This is a sign of correct action, prown 78, p. 12]
5. It must not go up or down "no matter how high or low you sing/* If anything, it remains firmly fixed against the spine. [Feuchtinger 179]
6. To obtain the best results in singing, "the larynx should not be elevated by contraction of its extrinsic muscles. . . . Thereby the capacity of the resonating chamber above the larynx is diminished/* [Megus 418, p. 441 and p. 383]
7. Leave it (larynx) alone where it belongs! [Hemery 238, p. 82]
Devices for improving vmsl attack. The attack is the method of beginning a vocal sound. (W) It is the means by which sound waves are initiated in the glottis by setting in motion the edges of the vocal cords. [Skiles 558; Curry 124, p. 5] Nineteen statements were gathered on this subject.
"What is a perfect attack?" asks Lawrence. Providing her own answer, she explains that it is the sounding of the tone "with nothing happening before the tone starts." [355, p. 14] Henderson's statement is more explicit; Phonation and breath control are simultaneous activities in correct voice production. The glottal attack should occur neither before nor after |
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