Take time for a conscious awareness of your larynx and its position and train laryngeal agility.
Use Santa Claus’s “Ho, Ho, Ho” in this exercise to train the low larynx position:
Send out the broadest possible, yet relaxed, stream of air.
As if you wanted to disguise your voice—making it sound big and full so the children wouldn’t recognize you.
Feel the movement with your fingers from the outside.
Additional for the low position:
Yawn deeply and with pleasure.
Imagine yourself as a slow, majestic, giant being.
Picture a wide stream of air moving through your throat.
Try a deep, startled “Ah” (like in sudden amazement).
Use the sharp quack of a duck in this exercise to train the high larynx position:
Try to sound like a real duck, so that your voice no longer comes across as human.
Again, exhale relaxed and fully “from the belly.”
Feel the movement with your fingers from the outside.
Additional tools for the high position:
Speak or laugh like a witch.
Imitate a baby crying.
Imitate the piercing caw of a crow.
Speak with the squeaky voice of a mouse.
Use an exaggeratedly skeptical tone.
Note: For any difficulties, see Problem Catalogue and Suggested Solutions (Module 2, pages 89–113).
This overview offers valuable input and inspiration on the most common problems and challenges, how to recognize them, and which solutions you might consider.