D.Starr Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Starr Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Carvalho Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggplantbren Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 What kind of freaks can actually control their soft palate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggplantbren Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Fraser Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 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'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gno Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Fraser Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDisNow Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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