100x100/8: Space Feel: Vocal Tract Kinaesthetics

“Space” common approach to changing singing: kinaesthetics powerful way to understand.

Action instructions (lift soft palate, turn larynx) often tension, unnatural sound, false hope.

Kinaesthesia of well-prepared resonant pharynx specific and learnable.

Key feeling: lift. Bright eyed, communicative, gentle lift.

Where? Hard/soft palate boundary. Middle roof of mouth, not not not upper back corner. Cheeks, eyes also.

Why? Musculature at boundary lifts palate, opens pharynx.

When? Always: before, during, after sound.

How? No sensible answer available.

What not: not yawn, not swallowing, not held. Not tense, not done.

Find, and feel, lift: refuse to lose.

Skilful kinaesthetics overrule inappropriate intentions.