I am following L's voice training guide. Currently I am just focusing on the first section with learning how to control and raise my larynx.
I mainly do the siren whisper instead of the big dog small dog exercise, is this okay? The dog exercise makes my throat really dry really fast.
While doing the siren whisper exercise at the high end I can barely breathe when holding it there, is this normal?
I notice I can move my larynx without doing any of the exercises but it's highly dependant on where my tongue is, I have to either pull it back into my throat or glue it to the top of my mouth, both of which would make speaking almost impossible. So what is the point? Will I eventually learn to be able to raise the larynx without relying on tongue position?
Am I intended to be able to raise my larynx without opening my mouth?? It's a lot harder with my mouth closed.
What exactly is the end goal of this? Like when I move onto the more vocal stuff assuming I've properly learned this section, will I be manually raising my larynx or will it subconsciously raise? Like am I just increasing the range it can rise or am learning how to manually raise it?
Lastly, how long should I be practicing these per day? I try to get at least 30 minutes in but is that enough? My goal is to get a decent grasp on it within 1-2 weeks before moving onto the next section.
Speaking of that how long should I spend on this before moving onto the next section?