Get High (Notes)
There's nothing like the feeling of hitting high notes with ease, and confidence, knowing that the tone is exactly the way you want it to be! It's a natural kind of "high"!
Often, the first tool we reach for when it comes to high notes, may not be the best tool for the job.
In this first lecture we talk about small spaces within the vocal tract, and how essential they are when it comes to hitting your highest of notes. I'll give you all my "tricks" in the first video- one of my favorite is the use of "ingressive slack". That means, you're breathing IN while making your slack texture quality.
If you run into any issues with this method, be sure that:
You are well hydrated- sometimes we will feel a bit of a cough with this, if the mucous around the folds is thick. The body perceives natural lubrication as an "intruder" if the mucous has become thicker due to a lack of hydration.
You aren't trying to move a lot of air through the ingressive slack. Use the bare minimum of airflow!
You may be trying to make this sound really loud. We're just using ingressive slack to get an auditory "measurement" of how small the laryngeal space is. So don't try to make it loud!