Soft palate singing high notes

A mobile soft palate also makes it possible to sing high. This function is linked with the tilted position of the larynx and the longer vocal tract which enable us to move easily up through the range. As we prepare high notes the soft palate contracts. This position also helps us to sing softly and intensely.

1. Why do I raise my soft palate when singing?
2. How do you relax your throat to sing high notes?

Why do I raise my soft palate when singing?

The soft palate moves up at the beginning of a yawn. The tongue usually releases down at the beginning of a yawn. ... Holding up the soft palate is what you want to do when you sing or speak. Keeping the soft palate up keeps the resonance just right, because dropping the soft palate too low makes the sound nasal.

How do you relax your throat to sing high notes?

Try the following suggestions to drop your larynx and leave it there while you make sound:

1. Drop and breathe. When you feel the dropping sensation of the larynx, just breathe in and out (inhale and exhale) and leave the larynx in the low position. ...
2. Drop and make sound. ...
3. Drop and slide around on pitch. ...
4. Drop and sing.