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A Student Closes His Nose on Open Vowel Sounds (Singing Teachers)
A student commented on how he closes his nose on open vowel sounds and how it’s impossible not to. I am getting mixed up I think, between closing your throat and nose (I know that makes no sense) and what happens to the air during different times. I also don’t want to confuse the student. I’ve been doing new siren warm ups on “zz”, “ng” sounds which is how this all came up. Sometimes I wish the voice box wasn’t such an invisible mystery!!
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Not sure exactly what you mean, but if you want to test if air is coming out primarily through the nose you can see what happens when you pinch your nose with your fingers. Notice that with a “zz” nothing happens but with an “ng” the sounds stop. The throat should only really “close” during swallowing or lifting heavy things. Not sure if that’s helpful?
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If you’re interested in the effects of different vowel sounds or consonants, you could always start up a forum topic on the mgr website! Would be great to see more discussion on this:)
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Thanks, sorry for the late night ramblings, I shall endeavour to be more clear in the morning! And yes I’ve seen the site, it’s going to be great for research!
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With closing the throat, I actually meant when the back of the tongue meets the soft palette with “ng”
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Well, it’s what I am guessing the student means!!
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