So, I'm supposed to somehow put my palate up & my larynx down...but I have no clue how to do either of those things. Whenever I am singing up high--I get nervous and stressed/tighten up and it sounds strained...so I asked my voice teacher about it today...he said to lower my larynx. I asked him how? He said to use the "yawning technique." Huh?!?! Then, in choir, my director said we should have our palates up....huh?! How does one do those things? I know that once I figure out the whole larynx thing that my singing will improve...it's just a matter of figuring it out, I think.
School went well. I had my first "test" in sight screaming---the professor played 10 different intervals and we had to identify them, ie: M2, P5, m6, etc. I think I got 9 out of 10 right. Not bad.
My voice lesson went well. I asked my teacher what voice type he thought that I have. All my life I've been told/thought that I was a mezzo soprano. He said that from what he has heard, thus far, I sounded like a lyric soprano. HUH!?!?!? Yeah...but he said that after I've had more training that my voice will develop more fully and it will be easier to put a label on it...stay tuned!
We talked about temple marriage in FHE tonight. I hope that Anna will someday find a worthy young man to marry...she says she's worried that she doesn't know who she'll marry...I told her that she has plenty of time...
5 comments:
What is a lyric soprano? And what is a mezzo soprano?
Good job on the test!
The pharynx is essentially your voice box, or Adam's apple, and yes women have them too, they just aren't as big, so they don't take up as much room in the throat, so you don't see them. If you tense your voice and throat, your pharynx will rise. Now tell me about how easy it is to relax...you had no idea this was what you'd get yourself into did you???
The palate, as stated, is less specific because we have two, the hard and the soft, and you can feel them with your tongue or you finger (try this one at home with no one looking...just trust me). The hard palate is that part of the roof of your mouth just behind the teeth. It's pretty firm, and it doesn't move. The soft palate is further back, behind the hard palate. That's where the roof of your mouth starts to feel squishy. If you stick your finger in you mouth to feel both, when you move back to the soft palate, make yourself yawn, and you will feel it rise. I don't know exactly it works, but having the soft palate raised improves resonance and focus and quality of sound. So there's your lesson on anatomy today.
Jill, you tackle the question on sopranos. Have fun.
KC
Why does KC always put his name at the bottom of his novels, but anonymous at the top?
Anyway, I sang a song today to my kids and was told to stop singing. Eralee said it was because I couldn't remember all of the words. Does that make me a no-singo if u don't know the lyricos?
PG
'cause he doesn't have a blog, silly. :o}
Speaking of which...KC--you need to get a blog, so I can better keep up with you!!!
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