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Performance Tip: Big Tone = Yawn

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Mon, 08/08/2022 - 06:58
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Use a slight yawn… this drops your jaw slightly (opens your mouth cavity), drops the middle/back part of your tongue (most important... this the #1 cause of poor tone, even if everything else is in alignment), raises your soft palate (so that no air goes through your nasal cavity when you don’t want it to) and opens your throat (gives you a larger tone... noticeably more bass).

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