Vocal Fry Question

[Steven Fraser]

Hey Steven,

Thanks for jumping to the rescue here.

Ok. So I tried like you said to make a cough position no inhale and slowly try letting very little air out. I get the pop, but it comes in a single pop. no more. If i try to increase air pressure even slightly i get the tone.

In all honesty, I dont think I know how to adduct the vocal folds and keep then adducted while release slight air pressure....

Jay, any luck on your side?

gilad: No worries. 1 pop is just fine. If the very next gradation louder is a modal tone, then that is fine. As mentioned, the purpose of the fry exercise (even 1 pop :-) ) is to induce an un-forced, low energy phonation. You got that with the modal tone that you are producing.

The next step in the progression is to onset that minimal modal tone, so that you gain experience at this end of the dynamic range, and then sirens up a 5th, and up an octave, maintaining the same easy sense.

I hope this is helpful.

[gilad]

Thanks Steven.

I tried what you are saying. I get the pop and then the tone, and I keep the low air pressure required for that tone, then without stoping start going up chromatically and the tone disappears as if I don't have enough pressure. So it seems the fry or the pop happens when i am low in my range, but once i go up it disappears..

[Steven Fraser]

Thanks Steven.

I tried what you are saying. I get the pop and then the tone, and I keep the low air pressure required for that tone, then without stoping start going up chromatically and the tone disappears as if I don't have enough pressure. So it seems the fry or the pop happens when i am low in my range, but once i go up it disappears..

gilad: Yes, that is what can happen as the scale (or siren) is rising. The laryngeal muscle balance adjustment changes to cause the frequency change, and the air supplied has to adjust as well. When that happens, approximate the place where the phonation stopped, and re-onset there.

Alternatively, you can also sing 'just on the modal side' of this fry/modal boundary. If you need to crescendo a little bit during the upward scale or siren, that is fine.

I hope this is helpful.

[Khassera]

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