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Originally Posted by Brent Hahn
A couple tips from Singwise...
"The head should be held neither too high nor too low but remain in the communicative position of normal speech. This consistent posture helps to create a more balanced voice training session and, eventually, a more pleasing performance."
and...
"Raising the chin or head does not free the larynx. Nor does using the head to reach for high notes enable the vocalist to sing those higher pitches. Instead, tension is created, and accessing the upper register becomes more difficult, if not unlikely." |
You have provided a source that , at first blush apparently disagrees with the source I provided. Particularly the statement
" "Raising the chin or head does not free the larynx" But perhaps the qualifiers from that article of "too high" and "creates tension" may in fact not be all that inconsistent with the source I quoted, or at least allow for interpretation.
So apparently there are differing views about the subject of head position . Now while I would certainly agree that "tension" is something to be avoided, the question and apparent debate is .....does raising the head slightly actually serve to increase tension? I think that assertion as a universal blanket statement, is highly questionable and debatable .
Now I do understand and honestly and very sincerely respect that you are working professional recording engineer and realize that on many, and undoubtedly most, subjects about recording your experience and knowledge far exceeds my amature recording knowledge.
And thus I would not presume to debate your opinions on most things regarding "recording audio"
However I have been avid amateur and part time professional singer, since fist watching Elvis on the Ed Sullivan in 1956 or 57 .
And in my experience and apparently others in the industry as well, raising the chin slightly can perhaps be of benefit (depending on other variables involved) and does not automatically introduce "tension" ....But I will state again as I did in my fist statement, how much difference (as a universal method ) it might actually make, I am not certain and am willing to entertain all view points on the matter .