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six20aus	Had noticed alot fo singers do this but is it correct/required ?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 80 (03/06/08 7:31 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Tags : None Just had a lesson with a new teacher to try and correct some stumbling blocks I have at the moment. He immediately pulled me up on the way I was engaging my upper lip incorrectly. Was worth the price of the lesson just for that alone because I hadnt realised I was doing it! Anyway, I watched him sing a phrase and noticed everytime he sang his eyebrows raised. When I asked him why he did this his reply was that in order to open the mask for maximum resonation the eyebrows will naturally raise. Now I have noticed some other singers do this too but I dont think everyone does it ? This guy has some classical training but mostly stage / production type singing and he has way more depth/resonation to his voice than alot of singers I have heard in person. Does anyone have any comment/advice on this ?
confused		#1	[-]
Posts: 748 (03/06/08 7:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	try it yourself: if you it helps you, you can do it; if it doesn't help you, you can do it anyway since it probably won't hurt you
0pen Mic		#2	[-]
Posts: 585 (03/06/08 8:26 PM) Vocal Technician Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Something has just clicked about this and a classically trained 'bass' I will be working with the second I have more than an hour free lol. He does exactly the same thing. I have to ask him if this is why he does it..... I've been speaking to alot of people who have had 'classical' training recently and an observation I have made is that they spend alot of time working on 2 of the 3 essential parts of vocalising; that is breathing and supraglottic manipulation (ie working with resonance). However, alot seem to overlook the actual coordinating of the vocal folds, which to me, is obviously important. I hope to be able to chat with their teachers in the near future and get inside their heads.
JesseNemitz		#3	[-]
Posts: 901 (03/06/08 11:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	raising eyebrows is an old technique of getting the soft palate to raise. A gentle life is good but if you lift it too much well.. you sound... like you have speech issues. ~Jesse Nemitz
Transmogrificationist		#4	[-]
Posts: 154 (03/07/08 3:36 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	lol sometimes when trying to practice in a higher range I lift my eyebrows so much they are actually sore when I'm done gotta stop that
confused		#5	[-]
Posts: 748 (03/07/08 3:57 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	If I attempt to make a sound out of my mouth, my eyebrows lift naturally (not a lot), but enough for me to appear "sorry or pitiful." btw, if you shave your eyebrows off, you won't have this problem.
0pen Mic		#6	[-]
Posts: 585 (03/07/08 11:27 AM) Vocal Technician Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	I completely 100% agree with that last statement Dan. Solves the problem instantly.
JollyJake		#7	[-]
Posts: 2329 (03/07/08 12:34 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	LOL, yeah!!! Jake "Work very, very hard - be grounded, be passionate about what you do and find the thing within yourself to make you want to be you. Go beyond me, be yourself, say what you want to say." - Josh Groban "The better you are at vocalizing, the better you will be at singing." - Musiciano
BeyondTenor		#8	[-]
Posts: 3297 (03/07/08 1:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	Jesse and Dan nailed it. - Josh Reach Beyond Everything... and you might find more than you were looking for in the first place. Lean not to thine own understanding. "The only easy day was yesterday." - Navy Seals
confused		#9	[-]
Posts: 748 (03/07/08 1:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	But, I do want to warn you... If you shave your eyebrows, you might have trouble moving around in a balanced manner. I think eyebrows help with balance (not voice, i'm talking about your body moving around). but it's ok. you don't need to move much anyway. if you need something. just make a sound.
fritooo		#10	[-]
Posts: 59 (03/09/08 4:08 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Report Post	It makes you look interesting, and gives a better resonance. When I try to look like this, singing classical especially, I notice a great change in sound, for the better.

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