HIGHER THAN A KITE

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IF YOU ARE NOT HOLDING ONTO THE STRING,
THE KITE FLIES AWAY.

The string is our vocal cords. To keep the kite from flying away, allow the air to pull in the opposite direction. It is the air in the windpipe that is moving away from the cords that keeps the kite aloft.  The cords now vibrate and produce a free sound. Therefore, when you’re going to fly a kite, stay grounded. The voice works the same way.

If you IMAGINE your voice already in the air, don’t go higher. Allow the air to draw energy AWAY from the completely inflated diaphragm, allowing the kite to remain high and flying. The kite will fly free and needs not go higher. All notes have this height in them. This height is the squillo. The sound remains high and low at the same time—chiaroscuro, dark and light no matter what the pitch. The voice now has your individual COLOR.

All pitches are the same height and depth.

What changes is the amount of air being drawn away from the vibrating vocal cords. It is a wrong thought that some notes are high and some are low. Each note has height and depth. The note stays high and MOVING if the deep breath is also in motion.

WITHOUT MOTION THERE IS NO EMOTION

Tom Schilling, April 18, 2020

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