Vocal Strain Singing - HOW TO PREVENT DAMAGE
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Vocal strain Singing - What is Vocal Strain, what are the signs and how can you prevent damage? We will cover vocal tension, vocal fatigue, sore throats, hoarseness, and what to do to avoid them! If you do have a vocal problem, we will also discuss how to heal quickly and when it is time to see an ENT doctor. For more ease, healthy technique and fun with your singing, follow Victoria's Victorious Vocal Tips (serious technique made fun)!
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Last week I went to classical vocal coach and she told me that I can sing professionally but I have to sign for conservatoire of Sofia naional academy. So I m serious about this period of my life and I found this channel just yesterday. Ms. Rapanan you are one of the rarest real singers who can teach us and we all learn vocal performance.
Thank you so much for your wonderful post!
Woah, another Bulgarian! Did you enter the Conservatory?🌟
"That's just vocal abuse" and "it's hard on the body and *it's hard for the listener* " had made me genuinly laugh! I love your chanel, it serves as a litted pathway!
Im being checked for thyroid cancer because of too much rasp a nodules found in my throat, I used to sing when I was young, I am determined to, GOD willing to sing again. Your advice to me is brilliant. I will follow along with your clips. I need so many tips and im grateful to have found you🎉
Another excellent video. One can 'get away' with a lot of bad practices until it's too late. Sort of like speeding or smoking in that because nothing bad has happened yet, it never will. Prevention better than cure most of the time and good teachers share what they've seen and learned so we don't have to learn by making mistakes. Well, sometimes anyway. I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you!
Very helpful tips, thank you for another insightful video 😊👍
Very useful to me! You're always helping lots of people around the world. Thank you
This is the best video to help you avoid voice straining❤
Thank you I needed this because I sing too much and a long period of time.
Glad it was helpful!
perfect video, thanks by heart
You are the best Victoria. You gave me answers to my singing challenges. Thank you so very much. Love from Borneo
Dear Madam,
Your singing vocal tutorials are awesomely excellent! Well done!!
Be blessed 🌹🎵🙏💖🌹
I just love you, love your approach, your humor, your candidness, your animation and your trustworthiness
Awwww, thank you so much!
much appreciation for such a treasure trove of information. ,
Thank you. I appreciate your comment.
I have this habit of humming something or just lightly messing around my voice and nine times out of ten it somehow turns into a full on performance complete with high notes, vocal gymnastics, and probably a lot of stuff that could ruin my voice.. Even when I’m trying to rest my voice
Might be my ADHD there though since I often forget that I’m trying to rest my voice
Thank you so much for making these videos, I've been trying to learn to sing since the start of Covid-19, I am obsessed with Musical Theatrical and really want to learn to sing. I've taught myself to belt and sing, but, I'm not sure if I was doing it healthily or not. I found your channel a few days ago and so far, you've helped me get better and I hope to learn to sing well. Thank you so much for making videos and I love your channel!
You're so welcome! I am happy to meet you!
I want to thank you for helping me get a way better singing voice. It's way better now than before i got sick with Covid-19. I hear your voice in the back of my head reminding to do it right every time I do exercises lol. I have found my natural voice and I can sing for an hour straight without goin horse now. Thank you so much! I wish I lived close to so I could take a few classes from you...🤗❤
Your post makes me happy! Keep singing! I do teach online. In fact, most of my students are long distance.
Thank you :)
You're welcome!
Thank you again, Victoria. Would it be possible to post a vidro about healthy speaking? I often get a sore throat when I have to speak a lot in my job.... this would be very helpful... 😊
I luv u. Your'e amazing. So helpful.
I'm happy to help!
After doing vocal exercises my vocal chords don't want to come together anymore.I have to clear my throat a lot. It's different all the time. There are days when it works really well. This video is made for me 😊 My larynx tends to get up🙄 volume is also a thing for me. I'm going to watch this video over and over again 😊👏 Great tips as always 💖
Thank you! 💚😊
I love your videos!! Can you make a video about belting ❤️❤️
Thank you. It is on my list.
Thank you so much for giving such precious and wonderful teachings..!! I'm worried because I feel vocal strain during these last weeks, and I'll have an important concert in 12 days.. Would it be a good idea to stop singing for one or more days in your opinion? I use to sing every day, but following your lessons I'm understanding that maybe my warm up was harmful (I used to do ascendent 3 note scales and pushed to reach very high notes). Sorry for this long message, I put very difficult songs in the next setlist but as my voice is like this I'm regretting it, thank you so much again..
uh oh… I can’t quit caffeine!😂😂
Watching from Phils. A frustrated singer here.. Loveyah
Hi, Amy! I am happy to see you here! 💛
Thank you. I found this video which answered a question i asked last week about the phlem. But I just fixed it by 1) being well hydrated 2) ignoring the urge to clear my throat, 3) gulping as an exercise, 4) warming up properly and 5) being more mindful of my posture and support. 😅 I actually found this video AFTER my performance today so this confirms I did the right things.
Today was a real breakthrough because I didn't clear my throat one time. And there were 2 times phlegm tried to come steal my performance but I just ignore it and keep singing and it goes away.
I also had a moment when I was going for high notes and it wasn't sounding right and I was about to start pushing but I just stopped and did some high lip trills (which revealed there was some blockage) and I was right back on track the rest of the time.
The other thing I'm proud of overcoming today was keeping my posture and support right and not hunching my shoulders when shifting into the higher registers. It took some conscious effort but I resisted the urge to hunch and I still hit the notes perfectly.
Yes! The power of good technique! Keep up the great singing!
@@Victoria-Victorious thank you. Your encouragement is priceless.🎶 😇🎶
Thank you. Thank God I'm past this.
Will these exercises help on you have nodes on your larynx, I suffered local abuse 15 years ago and I struggle since . I’m not a professional singer just for fun.
please advise. I was covering a def leppard song by singing from the throat with too much strain and reaching. I've rested for six days and I can talk fine, but if i try to sing my neck muscles feel fatigued immediately. I can pinpoint pain in the stylohoid muscle. aggravated when I swallow. Totally feels like a muscle strain to me only on the right side of my neck. Do i just need more rest? hope i didn't damage something.
Hey Victoria!. I've been watching your videos and they have really helped improve very fast, but my main problem is pitch. I would love for you to make a video on pitch and how to get better at it.
Guys please like this if you have the same issue as me (or not) so she can see this and help us all
I have a video on flat singing. ruclips.net/video/Eas8C32SJZY/видео.html. That should help! I also recommend practicing with a pitch monitor. There are lots of good pitch monitor apps, most for free.
@@Victoria-Victorious thank you very much Victoria! You're a really good teacher and you make it easy for us to learn how to sing
I love this video. I have a question I hope this get answered. How do you clear your voice in a healthy and proper way? Thanks!
Excessive clearing of the throat is very irritating to the vocal cords. Drink more water and try to sing through it. I discuss here: ruclips.net/user/shortsBVqtBY9rtJ4?si=gjW0tuV72SgqNhwu
thank you so much for your response i really appreciate it. Happy new year to you!@@Victoria-Victorious
Can you please make a complete warm up video? Thanks
My upcoming audio program will have warmups for each voice type - soprano, mezzo/alto, tenor and baritone/bass, plus hundreds of other exercise combinations.
@@Victoria-Victorious that’s wonderful! Is it an online course?
Can you please do a video about singing in “cursive” and if it’s healthy or damaging to the voice? If it’s a simple answer then please reply to my comment. Singing in cursive for me, helped allow access to putting my sound forward, creating a less monotone flow so I can do riffs more easily. I just don’t want to get to attached to this habit if it’s bad. Thanks, much love from Dallas, TX! ❤️
I cannot say specifically without hearing and seeing you. As far as style, I don't use the term "cursive", but I do teach different stylistic effects. I think it's important to do these things just for effect and not as your default (your habitual singing).
You are such a sweet and talented woman :-) Have a nice day
Thank you so much!
Thank you! This was really helpful, i usually Sing a lot, and after some time i see that my Voice becomes quite of 'locked' ( i have no clue on How to explain, but its like i lose some of my range after singing for too long, now i realized that i might be trying to put volume and folding my vocal chords too thightly , and they must be swollen, now im taking rests and hydrating myself in order to avoid vocal damage, also If my vocal chords are swollen, How much time do i need to rest before i can Sing again without risking my vocal health?
Without hearing and seeing you, I say generally wait until you can sing with ease. No sense rushing back into singing if you are still swollen or irritated. Start back with humming. See this video: Singing While Sick? YES, NO, OR WHAT TO DO? ruclips.net/video/avvz2v6sO1w/видео.html
Regarding the clearing of the throat, what if this is something that I tend to do, even when not singing? If I happen to be at a gig and I need to clear my throat in the middle of a song or doing the event, I usually interpret it it as something that I would still be doing even if I were not singing (ie. The need to clear my throat is not provoked by singing at that moment).
In my opinion, if you have to clear your throat very often, it would be good to know why - is it from straining while you speak, acid reflux, post nasal drip from allergies, vocal folds too dry, etc. All of these can cause irritation. You might discuss with your dr at your next physical or sooner if you want to know.
How do we clear the throat then while singing
My voice has been weak and tired, months ago my voice was at its peak for a beginner. But it’s not a sore throat but now it gotten very weak when I hit high notes. And before I hit them easily, and it’s cracking a lot more. I tried the water and tea and to rest for days but it hasn’t worked. A possible reason is that I switched my vocal coach and my new one says to start new exercises instead of my old teachers one.
It's possible that you are not used to the new exercises and are doing them incorrectly. I would discuss this with your teacher. Also, you can try a bit more vocal rest or at least resting from high notes until this is resolved. If it continues past 2 weeks without improvement, I would consider seeing an ENT dr.
@@Victoria-Victorious the only exercises I do are lip trills and sirens for 10 minutes with my new teacher. But with my old one we did singing exercises. Does that have a possible reasoning as well?
It's impossible to tell without seeing and hearing you. I think you should definitely discuss this with your teacher.
I feel like my voice often gets hoarse when I try to sing higher than G3 or A3 in chest voice. To be fair, I haven’t really exercised my chest voice very much until recently. Meanwhile my head voice is somehow straining less on C6, at least it’s not getting hoarse
I noticed my voice was less resonant, clean sounding and a lot less agile. My voice used to float out effortlessly when I sang but for the past two years it’s been much more difficult. When I moved house the sound in the living room is ‘dead’ compared to my old place, and I think I’ve been trying to overcompensate by pushing my voice to create my volume. It’s so depressing that I’m now having issues, sore throat. I’m going on vocal rest and I want to start a fresh, hopefully without having to see a doctor to undo the damage.
Rest your voice, including speaking. No whispering. I hope you heal quickly! It is also good to notice your environment.
Pray for healing
Suggestion for another video:Talking aboyt style. Examples how to sing a song in different ways. Softer, kind of classical or in a country style. How to make a song interesting, using volume/ dynamics etc
I talk about bringing a song to life in a few videos. Here is my new playlist: How to Sing a Song Professionally - BRING YOUR SONG TO LIFE! ruclips.net/p/PLaWjWxiTysDCcdNsPrBOVUAdTbsTRx6j9. I will do a video on different styles. I will have lots of exercises for different styles in my upcoming audio program.
Thanks! When, do you think will your audio program be ready 🎶😊
Well, we are in our final stages. It is a huge project! I hope that it will be published by March 1 (hope).
Hello 💛 What are your usual drinks or food after singing for hours? Is it okay not to talk for days after singing a lot?
Make sure you are not getting sore throats or getting hoarse after singing a lot. Make sure you rest your voice. As for not talking for days, in my opinion, if you need THAT much rest, you are probably straining and overdoing your singing. I like hot herbal tea after singing a lot.
@@Victoria-Victorious Thank You so much ❤️🇵🇭
I've played guitar for years and wanted to sing but whistled instead. If I sang in private though I don't like my voice I know I can sing in Key. I've had a rough past 4 years with serious personal tragedy and the loss of one of my sons that died in an accident. I've gone through anger issues and yelled in private at the top of my lungs at the world going hoarse numerous times.. I've since been been hoarse and have lost the ability to speak properly. I've been told for years I have a great radio voice but not my voice cracks when I speak.
I've gotten a grip on life and taken up the guitar again wanting so badly to sing but feel I forever will suffer the consequences for the rest of my days on earth.
In not too RUclips savvy and have been trying to find the starting sequence of your lessons. I admire your abilities and your students how they can effortlessly sing beautifully. Please advice me in what to do.. I'm desperate.. thank you..!!!
Hi Stelois,
Thank you for your heartfelt post. Being a mother to a grown young man, I feel your pain. I am happy that music can comfort you and bring you joy. You don't have to be perfect at it! I hope that my videos can help you. Here is my PLAYLIST for BEGINNING SINGERS, all in 1 place! Beginner Singing Lessons - FOLLOW THESE VIDEOS! ruclips.net/p/PLaWjWxiTysDBD7MGUWCSdC4yhLzxVsEdW
i have too much saliva in my mouth when i sing and i feel like i shouldn’t swallow so i drink water
My throat gets a bit sore sometimes but I can't tell if it's bc of the singing or the weather. Its a light pain that comes sometimes when I swallow. And I talk very loudly sometimes. I'll need to work on that and to rest my voice ( I'm kinda addicted to singing). I wanted to say that my larynx lowers automatically when I inhale and support. If I sing soft the support if lighter. My throat feels more open but I do have better control over my voice but I feel like I need a bit more control
I would have to see and hear you to see what you are doing. It is important to check your speaking voice. We usually carry over our speaking habits into our singing. Stop singing if your throat hurts.
@@Victoria-Victorious yeah my speaking voice cracks and is sometimes strainy that might be a reason
you’re soo beautiful
Hi. I have a question: my voice works perfectly, no particular effort when I sing at both ends of my range, low and high, but I always have extra flegma. I mean, ALL THE TIME. I am a teacher, I speak a lot and I sing at least one to two hours a day. I test my voice every morning singing in super light head voice to check if the vocal folds are coming together perfectly without air passing through and without points where no sound comes out. Why is that and is it still a sign of straining? I have been teaching for 10 years and singing for 7 years and I NEVER, ever lost my voice or experienced hoarseness, but the flegma has always been there..???
If your phlegm increases when you sing, it could be a sign of strain. It could also be due to allergies, diet or acid reflux or ?. I would discuss this with your doctor.
@@Victoria-Victorious thank you for your answer. No, it doesn't increase, it's just always there... I will investigate.
I can’t get the throat tension playlist to work.
The link is in the description. Here it is:
ruclips.net/p/PLaWjWxiTysDDDSGygoVWRk_IfZeFI71aj
I notice a lot of breathiness in my singing, but when I practice trying to add more closure, the tone feels clearer and brighter during practice but I feel fatigued and hoarse afterward. I can’t seem to find the middle ground.
It sounds like you are going into the squeeze of the vocal folds instead of clean closure. Watch my videos on breathy singing. I have 2, but start with this one: Fix Breathy Singing Voice! NO MORE WEAK SINGING! ruclips.net/video/OZotnvONBi8/видео.html
Hi
How to singing with out brathy sound ?
Fix Breathy Singing Voice! NO MORE WEAK SINGING! ruclips.net/video/OZotnvONBi8/видео.html
When you sing for a long period of time does it damage your voice?
Every voice needs rest. Don't sing to extreme fatigue and make sure to rest your voice afterward. So to answer, yes, it can cause problems if you don't rest.
What does breathy singing look like?
Here is my video on breathy singing: Fix Breathy Singing Voice! NO MORE WEAK SINGING! ruclips.net/video/OZotnvONBi8/видео.html
How do a lot of smokers still sound angelic ?
I can't answer that except that certainly it is bad for the long term.