Hello all,
I recently read the Myles Kennedy interview (which was great!) and he spoke about modifying the vowel sounds as you go up your range. He mentioned a few examples -

"It’s all a matter of how you manipulate the vowels as you ascend. A goes to uh, ah goes to oh, e goes to a. It’s not that simple unfortunately.."

Does anyone know the rest?

Yes I do, and it's in RYV II. In fact if you own RYV 1st edition, there is a section in there that briefly discusses it. If you want a more in-depth view, try finding books by Herbert Chesari.

JV

Thanks JonnyP! I guess vowel modification seems natural as you go up in your range to allow the larynx and its constrictors to pull the vocal cords properly. This is necessary as soon as you pass your passagio and go into your head voice.

Books by Berton Coffin deal EXTENSIVELY with vowel modification, even moreso than Caesari does. They are a bit hard to read, but he presents a very interesting way of thinking about the voice. Richard Miller often talks about vowel modification too, so check out some of his books.

all vowels either descend from ooh as in food or ee as in feed.

here are the trees

ooh (as in food) u (as in put) uh (as in fudge)
ooh (as in food) to oh (as in bone) ah (as in father)


ee (as in feed) to i (as in it) to eh (as in pen)
ee (as in feed) to ay (as in pay) to aah (as in add)

hope that makes sense

I have a book called Secrets of Singing by Jeffery Allen and it actually has a big vowel modification poster thats kind of cool. It shows you how each vowel modifies. Its a good book too so you might want to check that out.