…or: the thin white line :-)

hopefully you worked a little on finding that line between stable voice and weak, fluttering, barely controllable voice. like i mentioned before, it’s important to always know where you are – linewise. think of it as kind of an abyss: stay at safe distance but close enough to enjoy the view (now, who is the master of lame analogies?).

knowing and dealing with that line is the first step in saving energy, because it doesn’t involve anything new to you, just using less strength or force. the next step would be to open your mouth wider. this leads us back to the second half of my first entry in this category – right here.

notice that i said opening the mouth as wide as possible saves energy. hmm, this may sound illogical at first – i’ll try to explain: there’s a certain amount of air coming out of your mouth (that was transformed into soundwaves inside your larynx, remember?) the wider the mouth opens, the more air gets through – the louder you are. more air means: mo’ loud, yeah. but it means another thing too (i really hope this makes sense to you in my crappy english…):

if

a certain tone = a certain amount of air + a certain amount of strength

then

more air + less strength = the same tone

well, more or less. but it really means you can compensate for less strength by just open your mouth wider. that’s not rocket science alright, but does it have to be? as long as it works – fine. and it does.

again go on practice that in connection with the last exercise: move to the ‘borderline’ and when you feel it slipping out of your hands, open your mouth wider and notice what happens. this could take a while though because chances are it will be something completely new to you…

p.s. i don’t want to irritate you by using terms like ‘strength’, ‘force’, ‘power’ and such all over the place. i’m using ‘power’ to describe something like a powerful performance, meaning something good, something wanted. what i’m talking about here, however, is not something wanted, it’s some necessary evil. so i’m using another word – strength. that means another form of power, muscular power, energy-consuming-face-turning-red-only-so-many-gos-per-day-power aka the one that needs to be reduced to a minimum. to provide another lame analogy: a fridge needs energy to cool your stuff – that’s the necessary amount. but if you keep the door open all the time, it needs lots and lots of extra energy because it has to compensate for your stupidity. so in my book power means something good and the other terms are…..ida know…..just……just deal with it, sorry

sheesh, i really need to learn english someday………………….

if you don’t get it, blame it on me and drop me a line through the contact form.

thank you