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    • #5387
      jackearnhartmusic
      Participant

      Hello again.

      I find that with my abs totally relaxed, I can still close my throat. It seems the tongue isn’t what is holding the air back as a valve, it is the throat. Do you have any ideas on how to fix this?

    • #5467
      Greg Spence
      Keymaster

      Hi Jack, this is totally an awareness of the sensation so with eyes closed, take the Body’s Concert Hall breath, soft and slow EYE’S CLOSED and feel the freedom. Then make yourself choke and feel the difference. There is your point of difference. Using the Windbag from the WindPack is a great way of solving this issue. I will do a video on how to keep the throat open. Thanks

    • #5536
      Ronald Carson
      Participant

      I used my throat to stop the air and also used it to constrict the air in an effort to play in the upper register; which created a lot of tension and affected my voice afterward.

      This bad habit still occurs, not so much in stopping the air, but a way of providing compression.

      I would suggest you keep visualizing your body as a balloon. Hold your breath and only let your lips hold back the air. Your cheeks may puff out, let them. Do not let the throat engage at all. Release the air keeping the throat relaxed. Try this several time releasing the air in short bursts, stopping it only with the lips.

      Now do the same thing using only the tongue to release and stop the air.

      Sing a note and stop singing only by disengaging the vocal cords, air should come out of your mouth without the vocal cords vibrating. Do this several times and then do the same singing exercise but close the mouth immediately after disengaging the voice. You should feel air pressure buildup in your mouth. Sing again and this time stop the air with the tongue. If you relax the tongue, air goes out and the throat is relaxed the whole time.

      Cheers

    • #5611
      jackearnhartmusic
      Participant

      This bad habit still occurs, not so much in stopping the air, but a way of providing compression.

      I would suggest you keep visualizing your body as a balloon. Hold your breath and only let your lips hold back the air. Your cheeks may puff out, let them. Do not let the throat engage at all. Release the air keeping the throat relaxed. Try this several time releasing the air in short bursts, stopping it only with the lips.

      Now do the same thing using only the tongue to release and stop the air.

      Sing a note and stop singing only by disengaging the vocal cords, air should come out of your mouth without the vocal cords vibrating. Do this several times and then do the same singing exercise but close the mouth immediately after disengaging the voice. You should feel air pressure buildup in your mouth. Sing again and this time stop the air with the tongue. If you relax the tongue, air goes out and the throat is relaxed the whole time.

      This was great advice, thank you. I also found that I had to open up and lower the back of my tongue, it was constricting the air supply. Now how to get this to stay that way as I ascend…

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