Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:35 pm Posts: 129 Location: Dover, Kent, UK
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Tom, I think this may be a symptom of allowing the lower jaw to rise. As an experiment, try 'chewing' with the lips together and note that in the 'teeth together' phase of the chew, little air pockets appear behind the whole upper lip structure. I suggest that you consciously try to keep the lower jaw down (as Farkas would have it: 'chin down') as you ascend into the high register. Observe that lowering the jaw, as well as pulling the bottom lip down, also pulls the top lip down slightly so that the flesh above the top lip is more flush to the gum structure above the top teeth, hopefully preventing air bubbles from wandering into that space. You'll probably lose some high notes at first but regain them as you persevere.
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