To many voice teachers in Garcia’s time, the “coup de la glotte” was not a stroke of genius, but of madness.
Stark, James (2003-03-28). Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy (Kindle Location 686). University of Toronto Press. Kindle Edition.
The above opinion is still with us.
The simplest way to give a complete description of Garcia’s way to begin a note goes like this:
Fill the lungs with air. Close the vocal chords to block the escape of the air just inhaled. Imagine the pitch and the volume to be phonated. Create the pressure under the vocal chords necessary for the pitch and volume being imagined. Release the vocal chords so that they begin to vibrate exactly on the pitch imagined at exactly the volume imagined. The vowel to be formed is irrelevant.
