Thanks so much for creating this series! .. I stumbled over your lesson with the Onset exercises (would love a video focussing on a series of Onset Ex's like those you took your student thru!) today and although it was long (I'd been researching different views on 'support' this week), I could appreciate all the information being transmitted therein. Watched it more than once to absorb more fully! 👍
I do not agree with your slide „How do I know my Appoggio Problem?“ that you show (but do not discuss) at 5:21 min. You write that if your voice sounds „pressed“, it is a sign for using not enough air when phonating. To my knowledge, the opposite is true: If your voice sounds „pressed“, it is often a product of using TOO MUCH air pressure. If you are a student that tends to use too much air pressure and you want to sing a note, the excessive air pressure pushes the vocal cords apart and so you need to force them together to still create a sound. The sound will then be „pressed“, but if they don’t force them together, they will either sound „breathy“ or not at all (soundless exhalation). So „breathy“ and „pressed“ are both outcomes of the same problem: TOO MUCH air pressure. The question is only if you compensate the excessive air pressure („pressed“) or not („breathy“). Correct me if I am wrong, but I think students that have the problem of a „pressed“ sound and watch your video may think they need to use MORE air pressure to solve the problem, but this would make it even worse and they would strain their vocal cords even more! That’s why I think this information is misleading and needs to be revised quickly.
Dr. Park, thank you for your approach to educating singers. Are you at any time going to discuss vocal fold closure in more detail? I've seen your previous uploads, but am interested in further demonstrations and discussions.
Hello, thank you for sharing your knowledge, excuse my English, I would like to ask you a question, I understand that you have to keep the ribs '' open '' and a good posture as they say several methods and ancient and modern singing books, however few Sometimes they touch the treble with this type of appoggio and it's something I do not understand how to achieve more air pressure for high notes? Some say that you have to pull the abdomen from below to achieve that pressure but it does not work for me. Do you agree with that? any advice? thank you!!!
Listen to the Dr and never bring the abdomen in on the exhale as its an action not a lean. Listen to the last third of the video where Dr Sooah clearly explains the abdimen bulge where you let the abdomen relax downwards. To do otherwise squeezes the throat and kills your range. Bel Canto singers like Caruso and Pavarotti always keep chest high and diagphragm perfectly still with the abdomen relaxed. The 1st rule of Bel Canto is "no action in the throat whatsoever." 2nd rule is "no change of emission." The pressure is the same all the way up the range. See also channel of great singer and teacher for over 50 years Michael Trimble who actually knew Jussi Bjorling and all these great singers and sang with many of them.
the image of continuing to inhale whilst singing may be the single most important thing to really getting this, it has helped me immediately. thanks!
Thank you so much for these valuable lessons. Love from Vietnam 😍
yeah Dr Park, i like the way you get to the nitty gritty of the instrument, without analysing it, keeping it simple, nice.
Thank you very much for the great and valuable lesson
Thanks so much for creating this series! .. I stumbled over your lesson with the Onset exercises (would love a video focussing on a series of Onset Ex's like those you took your student thru!) today and although it was long (I'd been researching different views on 'support' this week), I could appreciate all the information being transmitted therein. Watched it more than once to absorb more fully! 👍
I do not agree with your slide „How do I know my Appoggio Problem?“ that you show (but do not discuss) at 5:21 min. You write that if your voice sounds „pressed“, it is a sign for using not enough air when phonating. To my knowledge, the opposite is true: If your voice sounds „pressed“, it is often a product of using TOO MUCH air pressure.
If you are a student that tends to use too much air pressure and you want to sing a note, the excessive air pressure pushes the vocal cords apart and so you need to force them together to still create a sound. The sound will then be „pressed“, but if they don’t force them together, they will either sound „breathy“ or not at all (soundless exhalation). So „breathy“ and „pressed“ are both outcomes of the same problem: TOO MUCH air pressure. The question is only if you compensate the excessive air pressure („pressed“) or not („breathy“).
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think students that have the problem of a „pressed“ sound and watch your video may think they need to use MORE air pressure to solve the problem, but this would make it even worse and they would strain their vocal cords even more! That’s why I think this information is misleading and needs to be revised quickly.
Dr. Park, thank you for your approach to educating singers. Are you at any time going to discuss vocal fold closure in more detail? I've seen your previous uploads, but am interested in further demonstrations and discussions.
Thank you... love from Malaysia..
Please talk about solar plexus...
HI YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT EXPLAINING THE MECHANICS OF IT ALL, AND TO A SINGER LIKE ME, I WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU ONE DAY.
Hello, thank you for sharing your knowledge, excuse my English, I would like to ask you a question, I understand that you have to keep the ribs '' open '' and a good posture as they say several methods and ancient and modern singing books, however few Sometimes they touch the treble with this type of appoggio and it's something I do not understand how to achieve more air pressure for high notes? Some say that you have to pull the abdomen from below to achieve that pressure but it does not work for me. Do you agree with that? any advice? thank you!!!
Listen to the Dr and never bring the abdomen in on the exhale as its an action not a lean. Listen to the last third of the video where Dr Sooah clearly explains the abdimen bulge where you let the abdomen relax downwards. To do otherwise squeezes the throat and kills your range. Bel Canto singers like Caruso and Pavarotti always keep chest high and diagphragm perfectly still with the abdomen relaxed.
The 1st rule of Bel Canto is "no action in the throat whatsoever." 2nd rule is "no change of emission." The pressure is the same all the way up the range. See also channel of great singer and teacher for over 50 years Michael Trimble who actually knew Jussi Bjorling and all these great singers and sang with many of them.
Hi Dr. Park...I think you are referring to the Bernoulli effect, is that correct?
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