The KTVA Open Throat technique is maybe the most coveted vocal technique
ever created.
Ken Tamplin’s 4 octave range doesn’t just “talk” about the technique.
Ken actually demonstrates it with his own voice.
The technique of HOW TO SING with open throat displays how
the jaw should be dropped as wide as possible (like a docter looking
at your tonsils).
Then the tongue should be at the base of the jaw staying as flat as
possible so as to not “stricture air supply
to the back of the throat.”
This helps from keeping “choking off” the vocal folds (vocal chords)
when singing any style of music.
It also allows for much more freedom and range.
It is important not to “shift” or move the jaw as this can be
problematic when trying to find the same “pocket”
in the back of the throat with consistancy.
There is another element to this called vowel modifications.
Vowel modifications are actually “release valves” when ascending and
descending a scale.
These modifications will change from the open throat “ah vowel”
position to oo (like look) and ooh (like who
once they have reached the top of the vocal range.
These same vowel modifications will reconvert exactly the same way on
the way back down the scale “reopening” the vocal tract.
The changing of these vowel modifications allows for a “pairing down”
of the sound so that the sound does not become too large and “splat”
at the top of the register, making higher notes much more easy to manage.
So if you want to LEARN TO SING the correct way, these couple
of tips will help tremendously
for any type of singing
