Been reading this piece over here Singwise - Singwise - Singing With An 'Open Throat': Vocal Tract Shaping and there is a heavy emphasis on creating ideal openness in the voice by lifting one's cheeks without smiling and without raising one's eyebrows...I'm wondering how this is even possible? If anyone knows, please inform me. I'd like to apply this technique in the future. Thank you.
How do you naturally lift your cheeks when singing?
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I am so happy I put down my water before I scrolled down to read your response. "I just sing and think about what's for dinner" had me dying of laughter haha.
Yes it is overly technical but as part of my decision to take singing more seriously I'm trying to gain a much deeper understanding of all the technical aspects of singing that my first vocal coach tried to teach me as I rolled my eyes at the time. Regret doing that now.
Yes it is overly technical but as part of my decision to take singing more seriously I'm trying to gain a much deeper understanding of all the technical aspects of singing that my first vocal coach tried to teach me as I rolled my eyes at the time. Regret doing that now.
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As soon as I saw your name on this one, I knew what you'd be saying...
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I agree. I used to do the whole drop the jaw and inhale from deep through simulating a half yawn while breathing thing. I actually e-mailed my old vocal coach about doing that and she said that I should definitely not do that. In fact, she was actually the first to suggest I implement a slight lift in the cheeks. I didn't listen at the time since I had never heard anyone else say that before but after stumbling upon this article and reading through all of its detailed explanation, I started to think that maybe I should have listened. I will probably just e-mail her and find out what she has to say on the matter with respect to how to do this. If anyone else cares let me know and I can report what I hear back to the forums.