Soft Palate

[D.Starr]

Up or down?

Feel like mine is forever up then I get a straining feeling up there.

Will it resonate and float better if it is down?

Any ideas?

[ronws]

I can do an A5 because I don't have a religious objection to raising the soft palate. Something I learned to do some time ago and it's stuck, as a habit.

[D.Starr]

I was thinking a more lower soft palate because I find it easy to go up the scale in the pharyngeal region.

I can see how it would sound more nasal though but it does open up some resonance area as well as leading to the nasal cavities right?

The high palate really stretches up in my mouth and aches a lot.

I think I naturally sing in my nose not too much that I have a very nasal sound, but I feel a general split in some areas. If that makes sense?

Any one have any ideas?

[Felipe Carvalho]

Raise it, lower, whatever, without the rest of the trainning to actually allow it to make a difference, its useless. Its just another way of strainning.

And be aware that what you may perceive as raising it, will probably be just tongue tension trying to force your voice up and back, as the usual recipe for magic states.

Why do you want to raise it or lower it to begin with? How do you know its not already as it should be?

[eggplantbren]

What kind of freaks can actually control their soft palate?

[eggplantbren]

Ahh thanks geran89.

I'm sure that certain variations in sound color are related to the soft palate moving. It's just that I find it weird to get that effect by thinking about manipulating the soft palate. If I think that way (even if it's what's actually happening) I'll probably just constrict something at random.

[Steven Fraser]

What kind of freaks can actually control their soft palate?

eggplantbren: YOU can. :-) If, by 'control', you mean 'positioning it where you want it to be'.

[gno]

My soft pallet is generally in a high position, except curbing through the passagio, which it lowers slightly. However it doen't sound "nasal". CVT confirms that in curbing the soft pallet can lower.

[VideoHere]

i also wanted to mention a high palate has little to do with mouth height.

i was at a karaoke show and this girl was telling the other girl to open the mouth wide when she sang...not always a good idea.

[Steven Fraser]

Ahh thanks geran89.

I'm sure that certain variations in sound color are related to the soft palate moving. It's just that I find it weird to get that effect by thinking about manipulating the soft palate. If I think that way (even if it's what's actually happening) I'll probably just constrict something at random.

eggplantbren: Or, you can do what many do, which is to think of a different vowel to get the different tone color.

[DDisNow]

Not only does the voice generally sounds more pleasing to the ear with a raised soft palate, it also makes singing psychically easier and less constricting than if you're not to raise it.