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Determining Pitch . . . All Tuned Up!
by Allen Rascoe on May 24, 2018The muscles in singing that determine pitch are the arytenoid muscle system and the crico-thyroid muscle system as well as the vocal cords themselves. ...
How Good Vocal Exercises Work
by Allen Rascoe on May 23, 2018Good vocal exercises have purpose, and should be designed to meet the growth needs of the student. Even a “warm-up” exercise must be tailored to ...
Vocal Cords Are Muscles Too!
by Allen Rascoe on May 18, 2018There has been much talk, and rightly so, about the two main muscle groups - arytenoids & crico-thyroid - that draw the vocal cords into ...
Whistle Voice/Register . . . What Is It?
by Allen Rascoe on May 7, 2018Whistle Voice or Whistle Register? What is it? This texture of sound is produced by an extreme stretch, even to the point of the larynx ...
Vocal Cords vs Vowels?
by Allen Rascoe on May 6, 2018Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A quandary that no-one seems to be able to figure out. However, for us as singers, thankfully ...
Healthy Belt For Women?
by Allen Rascoe on May 5, 2018Yes and No. Belting is usually when the female singer (men belt too) uses an overly dominated “chest” registration. I have heard this described ...
Determining Vowels . . . Sending Info!
by Allen Rascoe on May 3, 2018The muscles in singing that determine vowel definition are primarily the arytenoid muscle system, and secondarily the oro-pharynx - the back of the mouth-throat area. ...
A Breathy Beginning OR A Violent Beginning
by Allen Rascoe on April 22, 2018Unhealthy sensations related to the improper launching of a tone are either: the feel of beginning to sing with a breathiness first, or with a ...
Everything Back And Swallowed
by Allen Rascoe on April 22, 2018An unhealthy sensation is when everything is back and swallowed. Everything is not “back” just as everything is not forward. When we sing lower ...
Everything Pushed Well Forward
by Allen Rascoe on April 21, 2018An unhealthy sensation is when everything is always pushed well forward. First off, the voice should not be pushed. Now to be sure, when ...
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