I'm impressed that you're responding to the comments, Mr. Modesti. I'm a typical "patient" such as you've described elsewhere. I'm a bass with a full range, but effectively I can't sing above the passaggio. You demonstrate a wonderful high C here, but just seeing you do it doesn't much help me figure out how to do it myself. I find that head voice for me goes up to B or C (an octave below tenor's high C) then breaks into falsetto. As for blending head and chest, or expanding pharyngeal space, the former seems impossible and the latter invisible. Anyway, it's interesting to see you do these things; I appreciate the videos, but I suspect that it's a question of many are called but few are chosen.
Hi Raymond I am a baritone, and I used to frustrate my teacher because in exercises I could comfortably sing a resonant low C, as long as I did not know what the note was - as soon as she told me the note, I denied that I could sing that low, despite all evidence to the contrary. And suddenly, the note I had sung with ease just moments before, was no longer possible. Looking in the mirror, I see that my Adam’s apple rises when I drop down to a lower pitch, thus giving the note a choked off feel and sound. Do you perhaps know of any exercises I could employ to overcome this destructive habit?
Hi John, There are several exercises to prevent this from happening , but I would have to show you online. If you are interested , you can write to me at raymond.modesti@gmail.com (with a video clip if possible). Kind regards, Raymond
Enjoyed yourvideo...good technique
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm impressed that you're responding to the comments, Mr. Modesti. I'm a typical "patient" such as you've described elsewhere. I'm a bass with a full range, but effectively I can't sing above the passaggio. You demonstrate a wonderful high C here, but just seeing you do it doesn't much help me figure out how to do it myself. I find that head voice for me goes up to B or C (an octave below tenor's high C) then breaks into falsetto. As for blending head and chest, or expanding pharyngeal space, the former seems impossible and the latter invisible. Anyway, it's interesting to see you do these things; I appreciate the videos, but I suspect that it's a question of many are called but few are chosen.
I will try to answer in more detail soon.
Hi Raymond
I am a baritone, and I used to frustrate my teacher because in exercises I could comfortably sing a resonant low C, as long as I did not know what the note was - as soon as she told me the note, I denied that I could sing that low, despite all evidence to the contrary. And suddenly, the note I had sung with ease just moments before, was no longer possible. Looking in the mirror, I see that my Adam’s apple rises when I drop down to a lower pitch, thus giving the note a choked off feel and sound. Do you perhaps know of any exercises I could employ to overcome this destructive habit?
Hi John,
There are several exercises to prevent this from happening , but I would have to show you online. If you are interested , you can write to me at raymond.modesti@gmail.com (with a video clip if possible). Kind regards, Raymond
Are you a basso cantante?
yes.
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