That`s funny!

I would suggest booking a Skype lesson and we can sort out all your issues once and for all!

No, one shouldn't consciously raise the palate. Have you watched my soft palate video?

@@JussiPaul Thanks! I haven't even known about this video. I'm gonna watch it though.

Keep the tongue relaxed and make sure there is no movement downwards into the throat. Put your fingers between your thyroid cartilage and your hyoid bone and make sure there is no movement up or down which closes off that space. Don't worry if there is a little upward movement because the falsetto will eventually correct that but if there is downward movement then you need to somehow stop that and yes, maybe try putting your tongue forward to correct that. Eventually the tongue will just sit in the mouth with a slightly curled position. Stanley does suggest encouraging this 'curl' but you need to be careful with that.

@@JussiPaul Thank you very much! I asked because I'd realised that as I was doing falsetto 'oo' sound the root of my tongue went downwards into the throat. I thought It was the way we create oo sound. And now I guess it's not....anyway I'm gonna try putting my tongue forward for a while. And again, thank you!

@@bigpiglove Yes, that's a common problem. Eventually you'll be able to make a better 'oo' sound without the pressing down. It's all very simple but it takes time to spot and then overcome the unneccessary movements.

@@JussiPaul Only after putting the tongue forward I've realised how big it is and how little space in the mouth left. Thank you for explanation!

@@bigpiglove Once it's out of the throat then you can let it curl up a bit.

It does take time to master but you will feel the benefits immediately and your voice will improve every day for the rest of your life. Thanks for the story about Ruffo! I think the whole 'yawning' thing came about because once the voice is correctly produced it does feel like there is a slight yawn sensation when producing certain notes. The mistake is to make a 'teaching method' out of that. If you yawn before producing the note then you deprive the CT muscles of making the necessary stretch. It's like the 'mask' idea, when the voice is working well it does feel out of the throat and a little forward but if you try to 'place' the voice in the mask it will just cause constriction just as yawning causes a different kind of constriction. The only way to develop the voice is to separate, strengthen and coordinate the registers. It really is that simple but it takes time. Thanks for your comment!

​@@JussiPaul They are very interesting concepts but quite difficult to digest, I remember that Pavarotti used to mock that a sound was simple, of course after 20 years of practice it is simple hehe ... how long would it take to do something like this tenor 0:50 ( this is vocalize with the voice impostata right?) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc93drKenajPk6M.html The interview with Ruffo is in Spanish from a Chilean site, and I suppose it caught my attention because a lot of incapie is mentioned around the habits of a singer, at least food I think it is important too, '' What the Comendador says, Titta Ruffo '' www.centrodae.cl/catalogo_cdae/doc_upload/medium/PS-00055.pdf Thanks!!

@@polochinchinlin9111 Thanks for the old manuscript. My daughters are learning spanish so I'll see if they can understand it! Melchior was an amazing tenor! It's interesting that you can hear him warming up softly at first before he sings the F sharp in full voice. It does take quite some time to sing it like that. The temptation with the F, F sharp and G is to sing with too much weight because it is possible to belt those notes but to sing it the way he sings it needs a lot of practise! Somebody who had a lesson with Melchior said that he used to say 'schlank' (literally thin in german) all the time for the high notes ie. thin out the vocal folds as you go higher. You can only really do this if you do it in falsetto first. Listen to the way Rockwell Blake sings really softly before he does the ascending scale in this clip: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNWKZaSUxrbGZ6M.html