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Shifty_eyes

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  1. I understand your question- He is using the analogy of a guitar string- Shorten the vibrating length of the string and the pitch will increase Also zipping up of the vocal folds from the back in affect shortening them?
  2. Hey guys - my larynx raises as I sing high notes - I learnt vibrato from Singing Success and haven't got much control over it (hasn't been long) - I sing different words with different resonances, I would love a controlled voice which people really enjoy listening too. Basically would just love some advice- every family member tells me how mediocre I am- until I realised my favourite vocalists aren't really naturally gifted singers, so I set out on a journey and I've been studying for about a year without a teacher. Currently 18... Soft Example https://app.box.com/s/jit5vgwy8fotmtmb6iu8 Rock Example https://app.box.com/s/h6afc62y8xr71ndrjm8i I like the way I sound in the Soft Example singing the word "Inside" at 9-11 seconds. Is this an accent/resonance thing? - I am Australian and I am not trying to change my accent to american, merely make it more accessible. Thank heaps! your opinions will be highly regarded!
  3. Hey guys, Ive recently read the book "Can you sing a high C without straining" by Thomas Appell- I have also had one online skype lesson with him- I am struggling to sing a Bb4 Arpeggio and keep breaking. I did my lesson with him 10 days ago now, and have practiced his range extending exercise for 8 of those days now (Hour practice). After two days practice I was able to sing a A4 (from Ab4) but am now stuck. The exercise involves: - Taking a deep abdominal breath - Make the ribcage feel like its compressing into the abdominals - Tilt your neck/head up slightly and sing arpeggio - "Make it feel as if the back of your neck is closing up" - Posterior Adduction he calls it- I need to shorten my vocal folds but have no idea how to "close the back of my neck". Heres a short clip of me breaking into a heady pharyngal sound on the second arpeggio https://app.box.com/s/raidsxb1twgr0a2qt14s P.S- Thomas Appell suggested to me that I needed to tense my abdomen ANYTIME I am singing, I do not doubt the guy- he successfully trains singers to these high notes but I have been training with SLS and it seems much more comfortable and "works". Thanks- sorry for the long post
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