Julien Claassen wrote: > Thanks for the helpful notes. I'd like to second James' suggestions. At my church we have choir directors who are in their PhD programs at the University of Illinois School of Music in the United States (US). Every one of them teaches to us to use British pronunciation for singing English; in particular, to use a very open mouth to get as much vertical space in the mouth cavity as possible. This is to correct the midwest US problem of speaking and singing with the mouth more in a horizontal position which produces more nasal sound. Besides singing the consonant D to be more of a T sound, we're taught to drop the consonant R almost completely. For example, the word Lord is to sung more as Lawd, rather than chewing the R and getting more of a Lerd sound (very, very bad.) Also, take very good care of your hearing. I don't think anyone can sing in tune when they have a hearing loss. Singing is 95% a matter of technique. Lots of open space in your mouth, the sound should seem to be coming out between your eyes or in front of your forehead, and listen, listen, listen, etc. All the Best, Stephen. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
