If you're struggling with vocal nodules or fatigue through your sets and don't have the vocal range, ease and consistency you used to have then I can help you get it back and better than before. Read the full article here: www.philmoufarrege.com/blog/vocal-nodules-recovery If you have any questions, requests, please leave a comment and let me know what you want to see. I am trying to be a bit more regular with my channel!
Hi, i got d operation becuz of the nodules + my goiter was removed. I was a tenor before and can sing high C with so much ease and falcetto like earth with and fire- now GONE 😢 all remained is a weak airy voice. Hope i could regain my voice back. I had the operation back 2016😕
enrico pascual sorry to hear about your struggles. if you are signed up to my email list send me an email with some recordings of how you sound so I can get a better idea of what is going on with your voice.
@@philmoufarrege sir, i don't know your email yet, kindly provide so i could send a recording. On a nice day my voice would be full but not strong dont have that chest voice anymore and zero falcetto. And mostly in the afternoon my voice would be so grainy and tired husky😞
I need help. I haven't been able to make a living from my voice for five years since I lost it. I got my degree in music and worked my whole life, won many awards, and lost it due to acid reflux and overuse. Please help. Your video is posted on my birthday. Please, I feel like I lost my identity, everything I worked for, and my happiness. It was my life and my pride and my contribution to this world. I am nothing without it, just a shell of a human. I would do anything just to be able to have that easy feeling again singing whatever I want, whatever style, whenever.
I had vocal nodule surgery 3 years ago, fell into a deep depression when my voice did not return. My previous habits, partly due to ignorance, partly due to undiagnosed & untreated severe mental health conditions lead to me over-working w/the voice, i.e. actor by day, bartender by night, singer for bands & gigs, alcohol & substance abuse, & never having been taught correct technique left my voice feeling damaged & terrible. Was hopeful vocal nodule surgery and working on myself & the bad habits would yield some sort of result and that I could sing again. Haven't been singing for years now, lost all hope for being able to sing again, considered just quitting on life as I can't sing, which has always been my passion. Even talking makes my voice start to crack, and it really seems my range and voice are entirely gone...used to have a wide range and a high soprano pitch, can't even hit an alto pitch without my voice whistling/disappearing...is there a way to retrain the voice or is it simply hopeless at this point? I'd love to be able to sing again now that I'm on the better end of being stable and no longer abuse myself & my voice as before. I feel I don't know where to start as I don't want to damage my voice any further, but it almost feels as if it's a lost cause and I've no idea what to do or what's right/wrong for my voice at this point in terms on where to go from here.
honeslty i was diagnosed a couple of years ago with nodules and then again today - duh ;) so still have them. at first they were saying acid reflux idk...i dont think so. Honestly i sing because i love it - i dont make a living at it. i have lost my range big time and i wonder how many lessons it would take to help me and i feel pretty nervous at even signing up for help.
Try drinking lemon water. Increased acidity causes the thingo to close. Without it, it can open. Counter intuitive with the acidity. May not help but try. Refer to Dr Berg on this one!
I performed in bands for 28 years. In 2006, I had an endoscopic exam on my throat due to acid reflux. The doctor who did the procedure said that I basically choked and coughed during the entire procedure. (Another physician said that was likely due to incorrect insertion of the endoscope.) When I returned to work 3 nights later, my throat was killing me. Notes that I'd been able to hit all my life suddenly weren't there. Getting anywhere close to them resulted in feeling (and sounding) like someone was choking me. After about 2 more years of limited use, I finally retired. I've lost 4 notes off my full voice, and completely lost my falsetto. At one point, I was able to do "Pride" by U2 in full voice, and had a strong and very functional falsetto. My question is, at the age of 55 and having been out of the game for several years now, is there anything I can do? I'm not looking to gig again, but would like to be able to sing for my own enjoyment.
@@emilypapapetrou4564 okay so why struggle for years how come you haven’t gotten a surgery? I’m pretty sure I have that right now I’ve hard weird pain and hoarseness for 3 months on my voice
@@minavenus_ In some cases (like mine) surgery is not recommended since there is a big risk to create greater damage to the vocal chords. And in these cases speech and voice therapy, vocal lessons and other similar methods are recommended instead.. So if you struggle with those symptoms you mentioned firstly you should get checked by a doctor, an otolaryngologist specialized in voice ideally and follow their instructions.. I wish u get well soon!
I saw my throat specialist I have nodules! And a little redness !! I already got voice therapy but now I’m referred to a voice therapist for singers. My range is not what it use to. My range is very limited. I want to get back in the studio but I can’t because the moment I try to go high even slightly (I’m an alto) btw I sound like I’m straining my voice. 🙄😏😒😔
Sir, I have been suffering from this problem for the last 1 year. I have seen many doctors. But I did not recover well. Sir I will tell you everything in full details today. Last year I was sing with deep voice tone. I keep singing with lower voice on high notes about 2-3 days in a row. I feel in my throat something went wrong. But i didn’t stop this shit. Sir, singing with lower voice was harmful for my vocal cord. At the end of 3 days, as a result of singing like this in the evening i was singing like that and it feels like I am bleeding from inside throat and suddenly I feel sore throat. Since then I have not been able to speak and sing normally. Sometimes I have trouble swallowing and feel dizzy inside. my voice sound different in different days. sometimes voice sound quite good but after few days it change and i can't talk well. It's a cycle. Sometimes i feel tightness in throat. Sir, do I have a chance to get a vocal cord scar? No growth was seen in my Vocal Cord through FOL test. The doctors said I had an infection in my left vocal cord. It is not recovering. I Don't have any nodules or polyps. My fear is that if there is vocal cord scar then it will not recover. Tell me something Last 1 year i can't talk normally and that's why i am in depression right now. I Just want to know what's going on my vocal cords after singing too low? :(
I literally feel a little bump in my throat- vocal cords. Not sure but around January I had gone to the ENT, told them that I felt like I had a bump in there but they told me there Is nothing only hormonal imbalancement... I was praying one day hahaha and it freaking popped- months later I have another bump- i dont understand. I dont think the doc was right. I just need good guidance because I cant afford to lose my singing voice. I can still talk like normal but when I sing I feel like am being stopped at a point in which I always used to surpass. Sorry my English is ruff these says lol
I believe I may have nodes not at my highest range about 2 tones under it. so when I try to sing letters from the sky by civil twilight i can hit the high but as you bring it lower i skip out completely. No sound at all out of those two tones maybe just one tone. Im using the straw, jogging a mile a day, counting to 100 using my plexus. Iv only been on the straw a few days now but i am doing it softly through the straw but Im feeling a little hopeless the straw use to heal way faster. Im feeling like itl never happen but maybe I just need to keep doing what I am doing and someday itl happen but because the one note in my upper to mid range is completely dead I wonder if I need surgery. Thank you for this video. I damaged my vocals performing EDM in Asia because as a sign of respect fans light smokes for you and its disrespectful not to take them so I started smoking 9 years ago and while my coach said Steven Tyler smokes and his voice is fine. Smoking is what I am convinced caused this because It just rips me up. I quit smoking and now im trying to do the repair...
I hated my own singing voice so I tried changing it without having any knowledge during that time that vocal damages can occur. I didn't like it that my voice sounded nasally high and it sounded annoying. (It wasn't always nasally high though, it's time to time.) I was 12-13 years old during that time, I'm now 16 and I struggle to reach notes like I used to before. My chest voice was strong, and can transition to head voice when singing in mezzo, (I sing in mezzo/alto) and though I don't think this is included but my breathing control was also really good, now I feel like dying every time I sing. It's been 3 years since I have been trying to practice to get back up. My voice would become hoarse, raspy and then hit other pitches out of nowhere and it's hard to control, and my voice will crack hard out of nowhere too though I've never had that before. My voice had also gotten deeper as I got older. Not just that, I don't know if I have vocal damages or vocal nodules. (I haven't discovered that vocal nodules exists to this day. 🙄) I searched up 'vocal nodules symptoms' and I can say that almost 100% of my voice really matched the vocal nodules symptoms. Since I've had rasps, hoarseness and a scratchy voice along with having a feeling that there's a lump in the middle of my throat, I'm assuming that I have vocal nodules. It's been 3 years since I've had it and it can sometimes get frustrating when I try to adjust to my old singing. I've definitely improved my singing but I'm scared to overwork it so I don't practice as much now which makes me sad. I've started practicing again but I want some tips on how should I start singing healthily and how I can adjust to singing like my old self again. If there's any please so tell them.
There's plenty of tips on my youtube channel. If you want something that goes deeper like a proper step-by-step system then I have a program called THE PRO SINGERS VAULT that will walk you through how to build your voice in a healthy way and take you towards your goals. philmoufarrege.com
Hey! I’m a musical theatre student and I’ve been having issues with feeling like I need to clear my voice a lot but I try my best not to but sometimes during musical numbers I really do need to clear my throat so I’ve found a way to clear my throat without making noise so I’m not using my vocal chords. I was wondering if it’s possible that I could get nodes from clearing the throat? I got my vocal chords checked at the beginning of January and he said they looked super healthy. Thanks :)
hey, ive just been diagnosed with nodules and yes, you can. You're clapping your folds together aggressively. Try to vocalise up and down lightly to remove muscous. Also, lets see an ENT please.. to be safe and sure theres nothing wrong. If you're producing mucous, it might be your body saying that something is wrong.
It’s because you’re using bad technique man. You have to get a teacher that builds your voice stronger and trains you into mixing and not belting and pulling up chest voice. Another thing is that you need to get your Chest voice stronger and it’ll balance your voice out. Theirs no tricks and bullshit that work, just train with a vocal teacher once a week and practice all the exercises they give you everyday, don’t skip lessons, it takes years to get to a level that won’t damage your voice and you won’t be worried about trashing your voice
Hello I’m not a singer. I do a lot speaking. I have a nodules. My voice got really bad then it seemed to get better after moving to a high humidity area. It is bad again. Sounds gravely and starting to feel fatigued. I really need my speaking voice to stay strong. I have never learned proper speaking. What do you think? Thank you
Wow! Thank you for the information! I have been diagnosed with nodules, I am a trained vocalist, who was singing for a career until the nodules got worse. Now I have completely lost my range and can barely squeak out a note. Would you reccomend surgery to remove? I have been steaming, vocal rest, etc for about a year now.
Its really hard for me to relax my larynx, it's been for a while but I always wanted to push.. now i have the result. And as soon as it comes to higher notes i start to worry about my larynx and I feel tension again. And if I don't use my larynx i always push out too much breath.
A big part of getting the voice to want to "relax" is actually STRENGTHENING. So there is a process of effort that doesn't feel relaxed to develop the strength so that the voice can then operate efficiently and "relaxed". This is why I don't really use the word "relaxed" because it makes people think "no effort". There is effort in singing but it needs to be coordinated in the right way. It sounds like you're going back and forth.
I recently had surgery where I was intubated. I think it might have given me vocal nodes. My segundo passaggio is shot, but I'm singing through it lightly and not straining. I hope to improve my technique too because I've been singing pretty sloppily lately (not the greatest technique).
Phil, I've lost my falsetto for alot of years now. I don't know I've adjusted my ways of singing but somehow scared because sometimes it's just pure air when it comes to falsetto
If you have unhealthy technique in your chest voice it can wear out your falsetto and make it disappear which can then negatively affect your full voice range. Try making a falsetto sound on a very very quiet GEE GEE sound or GOO GOO. The "g" can sometimes make it easier to grip onto the note better, it may take you several times until you get any kind of sound to come out. Try it in a comfortable range. Keep doing that every day until you can grab onto the notes better.
I used to sing falsetto and head voice but since I started to get a lot of gigs, I got too overworked. I checked with the doctor about more than a year ago and he found out I got sweeling and vocal paralysis. I kept singing, though I transpose some song to make it more comfortable. Will you be able to help me bring my voice back?
I used to have a really easy time hitting higher notes, but I just have a hard time getting to them now and I'm pretty sure I have damaged my voice. I don't know if i'll ever be able to sing the same way but I reallly haaaaaaaaate this.
This is actually really common. The hardest thing is not hitting the notes the hard thing is maintaining the technique and consistently getting into it day after day. I have helped a lot of singers overcome this issue
If I have been experiencing vocal damage (it feels like my voice is at less capacity than what it can be. Specially head voice) for the past moths, but I just can’t seem to recover, what can I do? I don’t tense or yell or anything when singing, but I might be overusing my voice for sure. What is a healthy amount of time to sing per week, and how can I readjust my schedule?
how much you can sing will greatly depend on your technique, because as your technique gets better there will be less wear and tear which means it won't take as long to recover each day. If your technique has faults in it then you'll wear it out pretty fast and it will take longer to recover.
How do you know when nodes are completely gone or in their way to healing. mine definitely gone down significantly or shrunk?? I want to start singing again but not sure if it’s safe… ? Any tips
Hi, When I work with singers who have this problem I never get them to actually STOP singing. I retrain the technique in such a way that it doesn't make the damage worse, that way the voice starts healing while you are using it. You learn to use the voice in a way that doesn't cause the problem to come back. At some point you'll find that you don't get the symptoms of the nodules anymore and that's how you know the problem is gone.
Hai thanks for your information I am not a singer or teacher anything. I am a mother of a 2+ year old boy. I am having a vocal cord nodule. Doctor ask to give full voice rest. But I have to talk with my son. What can I do how can I get rid from vocal nodule
doyou think i have vocal nodules/damage or just maybe strain? so last year, i remember singing panic at the disco songs and trying to replicate it, so like shouting and stuff. after that, that's when my voice starts to change. i thought my head voice was broken because it wouldnt work sometimes. and now, i tried to rest it as much as possible and did it for 3 days. my head voice was pretty normal but when i sang again, i felt tension in my throat and my head voice was getting broken again. i believe i also lost range in my head voice because of what i did last year in the song. could it be just strain or damaged voice?
I've never heard your voice and I can't diagnose your voice through text. But either way the answer would be the same regardless - you need proper training to repair your voice and ensure this doesn't happen again. This is something I am very successful at helping singers with who work with me.
I got a bad cold or flu in December last year and i was yelling and coughing so i know my vocals are damaged i can't even hit high notes anymore. How much longer do you think it'll last if i have vocal rest?!?
If it's just a swelling then with rest everything should be fine in like a week or so. However there is a chance that your voice is actually WEAKER from the cold + the time off singing. If your voice is weaker even if your voice is well rested you'll not be able to reach those notes as easily as you could before or possibly not even at all. If your voice has gotten weaker which is very likely you'd need to retrain your voice to strengthen it again. Why? Because most singers just sing with "what they've got" and don't really know HOW they got that strength in the first place, and so if they lose it they don't know how to get it back because they never had to build it initially.
I was diagnosed with vocal modules when I was a kid, just three or four, and now I’m thirteen and I think I have been suffering with them for all these years. I sing pretty often and I think it will be easier if they recovered. All this time, I haven’t noticed I had them, but I can’t sing high notes softly, and when I sing, I am forced to sing loudly. Also, even when I talk for a little while, my throat hurts. Is there any way to fix that?
Niceeeee video! Great explanation. Mariah always had nodules since baby. She needs strict rest which she never does. Do you think she lost a part of her voice?
How easy is it to get nodules? I am a musical theatre student and am concerned I have them bc I have been experiencing a lot of fatigue and tension, and also have been having a lot more vocal fry. I sing with pretty good technique, so how easy is it to get nodules? And is it possible that what I am experiencing is something else?
They are harder to get than what people think, but you can get debilitating symptoms very quickly which can limit your voice just as much as nodules and then nodules are the final version of that prolonged stress. If you're experiencing a lot of fatigue/tension then it could indicate your singing workload is way too high or that there are some issues in your technique that you're unaware of that are robbing you of the stamina and workload you COULD be doing. The closer to your limit you sing the more it is likely your form will break down and your voice will fatigue faster. You can send over a recording and I can have a listen here (just sign up for the email list and you'll get my email): philmoufarrege.com What I listen for is compensatory patterns similar to what I showed in this video clip of Mariah Carrey. Compensatory patterns are what tend to indicate there is an issue and the voice is going to tire prematurely like that.
Hi Abby I took a look at your clips on your channel. First of all GOOD ON YOU! As a whole you approach your voice pretty good, but when you get to big high notes such as "inside" at 1:02 on your Reflection song, when you hit the vowels like that and hold them like that, that will definitely wear out your voice fast. The way you hit those kind of strong high notes need to be done in a different way. The way you approach your vowels you don't tend to close them enough and you keep them a bit too open especially on that word "inside", so the vowel wants to spread too much which closes off your throat and causes your larynx to yank up. Your vowel would need to shade differently than that in order to keep your throat open and connection to your belly.
Hello, I am struggling in my vocal cords for 4 years. I lost my falsetto. I can't stop singing because it's my passion and my kind of escape everytime i feel down. The doctor said 4 years ago that he saw some lil nodes on my throat. How to avoid, remove this without surgery? or how to bring my voice back?
I don't have enough money to follow up my check up :(( pls. help me with this one. I really wanted to pursue my dreams. I still wanted to sing. Pls. reply ASAP. Thank you :((
First of all god bless you sir, your replies are soo kind and helpful. Please help me I'm a singer and one day after my gig, I had a sore throat when I went to ent they told me that I have mild phonatory gap in my vocal cord and very little nodule it's on developing stage, can you please tell me one thing that, is phonatory gap can be fixed or not(will my vocal fold close properly) it is a very mild phonatory gap... please help me I'm depressed and crying while writing this msg
yes you can fix it with vocal technique improvements for sure!
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Hey Phil, I was wondering if I could get your advice. For the past 3 years, I have been completely self-teaching myself singing, and it’s gone well. I’ve developed a semi-decent voice, and can sing well for the most part. However, I’d say for the past month, I was trying to sing some pretty demanding Queen songs that I believe forced my voice to compensate with methods using bad technique. After a few weeks, my voice began to feel strained, but not to the point to where it was too bad. But as the weeks went on, I continued like an idiot, and this resulted in me losing basically the entirety of my falsetto. I used to be able to hit a D5 comfortably, but now that seems impossible. I also noticed that when speaking I’d get fatigued very quickly, so I took the hint and took a few days off. My voice started to heal, which I periodically checked for 10-15 seconds every other day, but that has seemed to upset it a bit. Since then, I’ve now stopped checking/ singing completely, and am speaking softly when necessary. I’m also drinking lots of water to make sure I’m not dehydrated. Do you think I have the possibility of nodules, or does this sound more like a serious case of vocal inflammation/ strain?
I would need to hear you to be sure, but it is likely you've just caused swelling that can heal by itself by avoiding what caused it. This might mean taking a few days rest. Now what this means also is that by you singing super softly and speaking super softly and resting from strong singing, your voice is going to get weaker and this brings a new problem - when you go back to singing you may notice that notes that used to feel easy will likely feel far more difficult now, and you will be tempted to use bad technique to sing those notes because it will be hard for you to accept that your voice is not in the same place it was before. this can then damage your voice again, and basically it becomes a vicious cycle where your range keeps diminishing. So essentially your voice will start regressing if you don't know what you're doing and don't know how to build it back up. singing is not just technique, it's a STRENGTH technique. Strength needs to be built and MAINTAINED....ESPECIALLY if you're singing material like Queen.
Phil Moufarrege Well, good news and bad news. I’m not becoming fatigued much anymore when speaking. I can speak fine for the most part, which I think the rest will come back soon. However, I attempted singing a little bit yesterday and to my surprise, it feels like my singing voice is still pretty bad. The pitch was very hard to control, and I found that it was as very weak. It felt as if I was doing everything I had done before, but my voice simply didn’t want to work. However, when singing very, very softly, I could sustain it for a little bit longer. I fear that either my voice has been damaged in some sort, or as you’ve mentioned before, I’ve forgotten how to sing. This really sucks as I’m only 16, and singing has helped me tremendously. Would you recommend seeing an ENT? I’d book a Skype lesson with you, but I don’’t have enough money as it’s much more in my currency. Any help I’d appreciated. I really don’t want to lose my singing voice forever.
All an ENT will really be able to do is just confirm whether or not you have some form of swelling or damage - something I can do simply by hearing you. In my opinion this is irrelevant because the answer is the same regardless: you need to retrain the voice so that the damage can heal and that the voice can strengthen and prevent damage from happening again. I recommend saving up and even just getting one session with me. In that one single session you will know exactly what you need to be doing to move forward with your voice and stop this happening again. it will be worthwhile for you.
@@jmac3223how is your voice now ? I'm dealing with the same problem. My head voice is completely lost and I'm feeling a lot of pain in my vocal chords while singing . This really sucks as I really love singing .
Hloo I'm 19years old,,, i can see my epiglottis when i open mouth (suddenly) . is it problematic??,,, i actually have vocal nodule and ent consultant told me to take voice rest ,,, i am having severe throat pain whenever i talk longer time a day ,,, but now i have discomfort in the throat(pain) and also dysphagia ,,, is it because of suddden appearance of epiglottis??
I’m interested in booking lessons to fix what feels like inflammation in my whistle register. This came up after 8 months of chronic post nasal drip. That area of my throat is sore right now. How long should I vocal rest before starting a lesson?
Hi Amy, thanks for writing. I guess it depends what has caused the issue. It may be more than just the post nasal drip, while that may have exasperated some issues, I had a look at your "christmas time is here" where you sing in falsetto a lot around the E5 area, and the way you approach your falsetto there might be causing some issues for how your higher falsetto (flageolet) and your whistle responds. Meaning, that airy falsetto can weaken it if you aren't careful. Chest voice can have an affect too. So the way I look at the voice is really as a whole as each component can have a big effect on other sounds. For example, getting really good at my chest voice actually really helped my high falsetto open up more and become way more clear and strong. Sounds funny but things like that helped me see how holistic the voice has to be approached. Because of these complications it can be tricky to get solid answers online, working with me in a lesson is where we can pinpoint what's going on with far greater accuracy. I would say in your case just rest until the soreness isn't holding you back from training and then we can start from there with a lesson.
Hi there i was diagnosed with nodules a year ago there not big enough for surgery i was told to have speech therapy but with the hours i work it wasn't able to. I sing in a couple of bands and dont want to do more damage can you help me please :0
Looking at videos now, I think I’m realizing that I’ve had bad vocal techniques all my life. I use a lot of tension now and a few years back I went to Disney world and screamed all day and my singing voice has never been the same. I don’t think I have nodules, because my voice is fine and has never changed, but then again I always clear my throat because of excessive mucous coating my voice. It may be my diet and eating and drinking too much dairy but I’m not sure. I can’t go to an ENT because I don’t have enough money. I use to be able to hit really high notes easily. Ever since Disney world I can’t even scream. I’ve lost my upper register. Is there something I can do to improve my range again and get my voice back? I don’t use my singing voice as employment but I would like to in the future. I say all that to say, is it possible?
yes you can get your voice back but it isn't as simple as "just do xyz" you need to be shown HOW to the sounds in a way that builds back the proper coordination in the voice.
How can I get vocal lessons from you...im recovering from vocal nodules and im trying to learn how to speak and sing again,,, sometimes when I speak it hurts my soldier and neck tightens I am a Singer
Rest your voice until the pain goes away and then you will need to carefully begin retraining the voice and restrengthening it. Contact me on my website and I can advise further. I recommend booking a Skype session with me, I can show you the things you need to be doing to heal and restrengthen the voice back to normal. This is not a quick process though.
without hearing you it's hard to say what's going on - but it could just be that you're misusing your voice and wearing it out. I recommend learning how to improve your technique so that this doesn't happen anymore. PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
My throat is thrashed. I developed stress-related acid reflux this year and when I sang I tried to muscle through it. My throat is constantly sore now, horrible pitch and hoarseness after only one song. I go in for an endoscopy in a few days. i need to learn to sing and speak correctly for sure. If i have nodules that are bad, how risky is it for a singer to have surgery?
sorry to hear that. I am not really into surgery, I prefer to just fix the cause of the problem itself. The voice will heal when it is no longer being aggravated, and by learning how to sing with a healthy technique the voice will no longer be aggravated and then it can heal.
I used to sing with too much air and those super airy falsetto, and that's killing my vocal cords. I can't use mixed voice now, coz the edge of vocal cords can't vibrate to pass the bridge and I can feel it. I practiced too much before I manage to hold the heavy mix, now I can have the relaxed jaw and tongue but I can't hit the note.
Hello I am a professional singer, I have a vocal cord issue called sulcus vocalis. I recently got diagnosed with this problem.. my voice gets strained and becomes hoarse easily.. I am suggested to take voice therapy.. as I am a performer too so I can’t give voice rest for long.. please help me with some exercises to recover from this…😢
@@philmoufarrege I mean voice therapy.. doctor has suggested voice therapy to strengthen my vocal cords.. 90% of the people with this problem has taken voice therapy and has got their voice back.. i know sulcus vocalis will be there for life long ... but this voice strain will go and I hope I can sing without any problem
I'm having issues, I believe I probably have a module, I sound horse most of the time. I'm actually supposed to sing a Christmas song O Holy night, And I'm about to let it go because it's so difficult for me at this point. Please help . Thank you 🙏
For one month I have diagnosed vocal cord nodule,my voice change,I had 7 days voice rest,but I am a doctor,I have to talk with patient, condition slightly improve, can you help me,and how much time I have to take voice rest?
I need help!!! I got terribly sick with strep & RSV. Voice took a strain because before that I was singing a lot. I need vocal therapy, I need to get back to me. I need to know the proper things to do for my voice.
Im a professional singer 7 years gigging hard, started having vocal range issues as you’ve explained for the past year, have just been to see a ENT had a scope done discovered the very early start of soft nodules and nasal drip which I’m told will go against by Vocal folds as it acts as a barrier when trying to sing! I’m waiting for an appointment with a vocal coach. S&L I have a lot of gigs booked in and I’m unsure if I should cancel or continue them 😢
Thanks for this I really don't want to believe that surgery is the only way to recover if I mess my voice up or that I won't be able to sing freely and easily again I've been dealing with chronic vocal fatigue from overtraining and not enough recovery recently and I've been getting worried I might have done some damage. I'm currently resting my voice to allow a full recovery but I know if I do the same things again I'll wind up in the same situation or worse eventually This gives me hope Even if it takes time I can break this cycle of injure and heal eventually
I was suffering from vocal nodule and vocal cyst since 7 months,, now i am well,, but still my voice is not like before.. I want to get back my voice,, get back the high range.. Can u plz help?
Hello sir Phil, I have been singing for 5 months 5 days a week, and today I can't sing without strain, plus I feel like my range is decreasing, it feels bad, what should I do? My speaking voice is normal but when I sing higher, it won't allow me.
Try taking 2 days off and then come back to your normal routine and warm up your voice. Make sure all the parts of your voice are working - make sure your falsetto is nice and clear and strong, then make sure your loud voice that you would use to call out or shout is nice and solid and clear with no breathiness. Then make sure you can sing in a very soft chest voice. Then make sure you can sing in a medium volume chest voice. Warm up all of those coordinations thoroughly and then your voice should be in a good spot. If you're struggling to get any one of those coordinations working then that will likely be the reason why your voice isn't working the way you expect it too.
@@philmoufarrege hello sir phil, I took two days off and followed your instructions, my falsetto is quite clear as well as my middle voice, I don't sound breathy at all except when I sing in head voice which is normal for me. What's wrong is that when I sing in my higher registers, I find it 40 percent harder to sing, I don't feel any outer throat tension, but I feel inner throat tension. It's as if my vocal cords don't have much strength or phonation as they used to have, even though I can sing up to c5, it just sounds thicker and heavier.
Hi Phil, why is my head voice range completely gone for like half a year? No sound comes out, also no air, literally nothing. I used to practice singing almost everyday before this but my talking voice and singing voice became so raspy and tired I really had to stop, I used bad technique. I stopped for half a year now and my talking voice is not raspy anymore but my head voice/falsetto is still completely gone. Will it ever come back? I'm resting for half a year but it still is completely gone. It is an immense loss of vocal range. What should I do?
surprisingly it can have to do with your chest voice believe it or not and also how you use your speaking voice, it can wear out the falsetto if there are any issues with it
@@philmoufarrege yes i abuse my chest voice in talking and singing voice unfortunately.. but does this mean my head voice is permanently gone? Or can my head voice come back if i start to talk healthy and sing healthy in chest voice?
@@philmoufarrege that's good to hear! I thought I lost my range permanently. Guess my first step is I have to start learning how to speak normally in chest voice without getting pain in my throat and then maybe my falsetto notes slowly and gradually will come back! Anyway, thank you!!
yes it could be. A good way to check is to stop singing for a few days and if you're still hoarse it's likely not singing related. However, if you speak a lot during the day it could also be from faulty speaking technique too. So you'd want to take a few days off, and take note at what times you are feeling hoarseness. If it's from speaking/singing you'll feel it either during singing or right after or it will just gradually worsen. Then as you stop singing/speaking it will start recovering. with acid reflux, you might wake up with hoarseness or it might happen randomly at different times of the day like after a meal or something even if you hadn't been singing/talking.
for me personally it's kind of irrelevant. The protocol for healing the voice is exactly the same if one has swelling/fatigue or nodules. The difference will be the length of time in healing but the actual actions you take will be the same.
you are most welcome. I saw some clips of you singing and you sound great, what brings you here? are you dealing with any kind of fatigue or something?
@@philmoufarrege Thank you, Phil. I had 3 winter colds in two months with laryngitis every time and the last time I couldn’t speak at all for 6 days but kept trying because I was visiting family. That cold is long gone and my vocal range returned but I’m still raspy and now feel like there’s a hindrance in my throat when I speak and sing. I can’t physically feel anything but I can hear a distinct crackle when I speak and it also covers occasional notes when I sing. Your video was very informative as I’ve never dealt with this issue.
I hear you. One thing I've learned after being sick is that the voice won't always come back on its own. Sometimes it needs to be restrengthened and reconditioned back into what it was again.
Bro you catch my problems. I was a born singer but after a cold i lost my voice and continue with compentatory methods to sing and after 2 years of that my ENT doctor said you have a phonatory gap..Bro please bring me your email adfess so that i can send to you my voice clip so have more help.Please i want my carrer and my that happy life back.Please give me your email adreess.God bless you.
Hi Vishal, sign up to the email list at philmoufarrege.com and you can send me a clip there. phonatory gap is just a fancy word for saying your vocal folds aren't closing properly, all it means is the strength in your voice needs to be trained back up again. this is common after a cold, the voice can get weaker and the amount of effort you used to use to sing which USED to be adequate is now no longer adequate. Imagine if you are lifting 200lbs and it feels easy, but you don't exercise for 6 months and then try 200lbs. It will FEEL heavier, and will require MORE EFFORT than you remembered. To retrain your voice you will need to use a more concentrated effort to close your vocal folds.
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If you're struggling with vocal nodules or fatigue through your sets and don't have the vocal range, ease and consistency you used to have then I can help you get it back and better than before. Read the full article here:
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Hi, i got d operation becuz of the nodules + my goiter was removed. I was a tenor before and can sing high C with so much ease and falcetto like earth with and fire- now GONE 😢 all remained is a weak airy voice. Hope i could regain my voice back. I had the operation back 2016😕
enrico pascual sorry to hear about your struggles. if you are signed up to my email list send me an email with some recordings of how you sound so I can get a better idea of what is going on with your voice.
@@philmoufarrege sir, i don't know your email yet, kindly provide so i could send a recording. On a nice day my voice would be full but not strong dont have that chest voice anymore and zero falcetto. And mostly in the afternoon my voice would be so grainy and tired husky😞
I don't provide my email publicly because spam bots can pick up emails. If you sign up for my email list on my website you can email me from there.
@@philmoufarrege ok sir, i will try this week
I need help. I haven't been able to make a living from my voice for five years since I lost it. I got my degree in music and worked my whole life, won many awards, and lost it due to acid reflux and overuse. Please help. Your video is posted on my birthday. Please, I feel like I lost my identity, everything I worked for, and my happiness. It was my life and my pride and my contribution to this world. I am nothing without it, just a shell of a human. I would do anything just to be able to have that easy feeling again singing whatever I want, whatever style, whenever.
I can definitely help you get it back, have helped many with this same issue.
Me too
I lost my voice for 8 years
I think my vocal cord maybe pimple
Do you have any idea to fixed it
I had vocal nodule surgery 3 years ago, fell into a deep depression when my voice did not return. My previous habits, partly due to ignorance, partly due to undiagnosed & untreated severe mental health conditions lead to me over-working w/the voice, i.e. actor by day, bartender by night, singer for bands & gigs, alcohol & substance abuse, & never having been taught correct technique left my voice feeling damaged & terrible. Was hopeful vocal nodule surgery and working on myself & the bad habits would yield some sort of result and that I could sing again. Haven't been singing for years now, lost all hope for being able to sing again, considered just quitting on life as I can't sing, which has always been my passion. Even talking makes my voice start to crack, and it really seems my range and voice are entirely gone...used to have a wide range and a high soprano pitch, can't even hit an alto pitch without my voice whistling/disappearing...is there a way to retrain the voice or is it simply hopeless at this point? I'd love to be able to sing again now that I'm on the better end of being stable and no longer abuse myself & my voice as before. I feel I don't know where to start as I don't want to damage my voice any further, but it almost feels as if it's a lost cause and I've no idea what to do or what's right/wrong for my voice at this point in terms on where to go from here.
Thanks so much for this video! Very helpful!!!
you are very welcome!
honeslty i was diagnosed a couple of years ago with nodules and then again today - duh ;) so still have them. at first they were saying acid reflux idk...i dont think so. Honestly i sing because i love it - i dont make a living at it. i have lost my range big time and i wonder how many lessons it would take to help me and i feel pretty nervous at even signing up for help.
I have pharyngeal acid reflux. What maintains my voice healthy is steaming. About 30 min the day.
john angel you steam with what ? I need a good steamer I bought a steamer the other day but it didn’t create enough steam so I took it back
Try drinking lemon water. Increased acidity causes the thingo to close. Without it, it can open. Counter intuitive with the acidity. May not help but try. Refer to Dr Berg on this one!
Yes, I know a song is ready when it feels easy to sing 💯
I performed in bands for 28 years. In 2006, I had an endoscopic exam on my throat due to acid reflux. The doctor who did the procedure said that I basically choked and coughed during the entire procedure. (Another physician said that was likely due to incorrect insertion of the endoscope.) When I returned to work 3 nights later, my throat was killing me. Notes that I'd been able to hit all my life suddenly weren't there. Getting anywhere close to them resulted in feeling (and sounding) like someone was choking me. After about 2 more years of limited use, I finally retired. I've lost 4 notes off my full voice, and completely lost my falsetto. At one point, I was able to do "Pride" by U2 in full voice, and had a strong and very functional falsetto.
My question is, at the age of 55 and having been out of the game for several years now, is there anything I can do? I'm not looking to gig again, but would like to be able to sing for my own enjoyment.
Thanks for this I've been struggling with nodules for years your guidance and information are very accurate and on point!
Glad you found it helpful. If you want to learn more head to my website PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
how is it possible to struggle with nodules for years?
@@minavenus_ nodules are like calluses in hands it’s very hard to get rid of them without surgery.. it’s not an inflammation that lasts a few days
@@emilypapapetrou4564 okay so why struggle for years how come you haven’t gotten a surgery? I’m pretty sure I have that right now I’ve hard weird pain and hoarseness for 3 months on my voice
@@minavenus_ In some cases (like mine) surgery is not recommended since there is a big risk to create greater damage to the vocal chords. And in these cases speech and voice therapy, vocal lessons and other similar methods are recommended instead.. So if you struggle with those symptoms you mentioned firstly you should get checked by a doctor, an otolaryngologist specialized in voice ideally and follow their instructions.. I wish u get well soon!
I saw my throat specialist I have nodules! And a little redness !! I already got voice therapy but now I’m referred to a voice therapist for singers. My range is not what it use to. My range is very limited. I want to get back in the studio but I can’t because the moment I try to go high even slightly (I’m an alto) btw I sound like I’m straining my voice. 🙄😏😒😔
Thnks a lot for ur valuable information 🙏
You are very welcome. for more tips go to PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
Sir, I have been suffering from this problem for the last 1 year. I have seen many doctors. But I did not recover well. Sir I will tell you everything in full details today. Last year I was sing with deep voice tone. I keep singing with lower voice on high notes about 2-3 days in a row. I feel in my throat something went wrong. But i didn’t stop this shit. Sir, singing with lower voice was harmful for my vocal cord. At the end of 3 days, as a result of singing like this in the evening i was singing like that and it feels like I am bleeding from inside throat and suddenly I feel sore throat. Since then I have not been able to speak and sing normally. Sometimes I have trouble swallowing and feel dizzy inside. my voice sound different in different days. sometimes voice sound quite good but after few days it change and i can't talk well. It's a cycle. Sometimes i feel tightness in throat. Sir, do I have a chance to get a vocal cord scar? No growth was seen in my Vocal Cord through FOL test. The doctors said I had an infection in my left vocal cord. It is not recovering. I Don't have any nodules or polyps. My fear is that if there is vocal cord scar then it will not recover. Tell me something Last 1 year i can't talk normally and that's why i am in depression right now. I Just want to know what's going on my vocal cords after singing too low? :(
Thank you!!❤
you are most welcome. what was valuable for you with this video?
I literally feel a little bump in my throat- vocal cords. Not sure but around January I had gone to the ENT, told them that I felt like I had a bump in there but they told me there Is nothing only hormonal imbalancement... I was praying one day hahaha and it freaking popped- months later I have another bump- i dont understand. I dont think the doc was right. I just need good guidance because I cant afford to lose my singing voice. I can still talk like normal but when I sing I feel like am being stopped at a point in which I always used to surpass.
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I believe I may have nodes not at my highest range about 2 tones under it. so when I try to sing letters from the sky by civil twilight i can hit the high but as you bring it lower i skip out completely. No sound at all out of those two tones maybe just one tone. Im using the straw, jogging a mile a day, counting to 100 using my plexus. Iv only been on the straw a few days now but i am doing it softly through the straw but Im feeling a little hopeless the straw use to heal way faster. Im feeling like itl never happen but maybe I just need to keep doing what I am doing and someday itl happen but because the one note in my upper to mid range is completely dead I wonder if I need surgery. Thank you for this video. I damaged my vocals performing EDM in Asia because as a sign of respect fans light smokes for you and its disrespectful not to take them so I started smoking 9 years ago and while my coach said Steven Tyler smokes and his voice is fine. Smoking is what I am convinced caused this because It just rips me up. I quit smoking and now im trying to do the repair...
I hated my own singing voice so I tried changing it without having any knowledge during that time that vocal damages can occur. I didn't like it that my voice sounded nasally high and it sounded annoying. (It wasn't always nasally high though, it's time to time.)
I was 12-13 years old during that time, I'm now 16 and I struggle to reach notes like I used to before. My chest voice was strong, and can transition to head voice when singing in mezzo, (I sing in mezzo/alto) and though I don't think this is included but my breathing control was also really good, now I feel like dying every time I sing. It's been 3 years since I have been trying to practice to get back up. My voice would become hoarse, raspy and then hit other pitches out of nowhere and it's hard to control, and my voice will crack hard out of nowhere too though I've never had that before.
My voice had also gotten deeper as I got older. Not just that, I don't know if I have vocal damages or vocal nodules. (I haven't discovered that vocal nodules exists to this day. 🙄) I searched up 'vocal nodules symptoms' and I can say that almost 100% of my voice really matched the vocal nodules symptoms.
Since I've had rasps, hoarseness and a scratchy voice along with having a feeling that there's a lump in the middle of my throat, I'm assuming that I have vocal nodules.
It's been 3 years since I've had it and it can sometimes get frustrating when I try to adjust to my old singing. I've definitely improved my singing but I'm scared to overwork it so I don't practice as much now which makes me sad.
I've started practicing again but I want some tips on how should I start singing healthily and how I can adjust to singing like my old self again. If there's any please so tell them.
There's plenty of tips on my youtube channel. If you want something that goes deeper like a proper step-by-step system then I have a program called THE PRO SINGERS VAULT that will walk you through how to build your voice in a healthy way and take you towards your goals. philmoufarrege.com
I am singing also, and now my ear is in pain and my throat feels pain sometimes.
Hey! I’m a musical theatre student and I’ve been having issues with feeling like I need to clear my voice a lot but I try my best not to but sometimes during musical numbers I really do need to clear my throat so I’ve found a way to clear my throat without making noise so I’m not using my vocal chords. I was wondering if it’s possible that I could get nodes from clearing the throat? I got my vocal chords checked at the beginning of January and he said they looked super healthy. Thanks :)
hey, ive just been diagnosed with nodules and yes, you can. You're clapping your folds together aggressively. Try to vocalise up and down lightly to remove muscous. Also, lets see an ENT please.. to be safe and sure theres nothing wrong. If you're producing mucous, it might be your body saying that something is wrong.
It’s because you’re using bad technique man. You have to get a teacher that builds your voice stronger and trains you into mixing and not belting and pulling up chest voice. Another thing is that you need to get your Chest voice stronger and it’ll balance your voice out. Theirs no tricks and bullshit that work, just train with a vocal teacher once a week and practice all the exercises they give you everyday, don’t skip lessons, it takes years to get to a level that won’t damage your voice and you won’t be worried about trashing your voice
Hello
I’m not a singer. I do a lot speaking. I have a nodules. My voice got really bad then it seemed to get better after moving to a high humidity area.
It is bad again. Sounds gravely and starting to feel fatigued.
I really need my speaking voice to stay strong. I have never learned proper speaking. What do you think?
Thank you
Can you male a video about the correct technique to speak
Wow! Thank you for the information! I have been diagnosed with nodules, I am a trained vocalist, who was singing for a career until the nodules got worse. Now I have completely lost my range and can barely squeak out a note. Would you reccomend surgery to remove? I have been steaming, vocal rest, etc for about a year now.
Its really hard for me to relax my larynx, it's been for a while but I always wanted to push.. now i have the result. And as soon as it comes to higher notes i start to worry about my larynx and I feel tension again. And if I don't use my larynx i always push out too much breath.
A big part of getting the voice to want to "relax" is actually STRENGTHENING. So there is a process of effort that doesn't feel relaxed to develop the strength so that the voice can then operate efficiently and "relaxed". This is why I don't really use the word "relaxed" because it makes people think "no effort". There is effort in singing but it needs to be coordinated in the right way. It sounds like you're going back and forth.
I recently had surgery where I was intubated. I think it might have given me vocal nodes. My segundo passaggio is shot, but I'm singing through it lightly and not straining. I hope to improve my technique too because I've been singing pretty sloppily lately (not the greatest technique).
best of luck, and if you need help don't hesitate to reach out.
Hi i got voice nodules
I am a voice artist. I had high pitch earlier now it is very hoarse and husky. How can i get my voice back
Phil, I've lost my falsetto for alot of years now. I don't know I've adjusted my ways of singing but somehow scared because sometimes it's just pure air when it comes to falsetto
If you have unhealthy technique in your chest voice it can wear out your falsetto and make it disappear which can then negatively affect your full voice range. Try making a falsetto sound on a very very quiet GEE GEE sound or GOO GOO. The "g" can sometimes make it easier to grip onto the note better, it may take you several times until you get any kind of sound to come out. Try it in a comfortable range. Keep doing that every day until you can grab onto the notes better.
I used to sing falsetto and head voice but since I started to get a lot of gigs, I got too overworked. I checked with the doctor about more than a year ago and he found out I got sweeling and vocal paralysis. I kept singing, though I transpose some song to make it more comfortable. Will you be able to help me bring my voice back?
absolutely. I specialize in this.
I used to have a really easy time hitting higher notes, but I just have a hard time getting to them now and I'm pretty sure I have damaged my voice. I don't know if i'll ever be able to sing the same way but I reallly haaaaaaaaate this.
This is actually really common. The hardest thing is not hitting the notes the hard thing is maintaining the technique and consistently getting into it day after day. I have helped a lot of singers overcome this issue
If I have been experiencing vocal damage (it feels like my voice is at less capacity than what it can be. Specially head voice) for the past moths, but I just can’t seem to recover, what can I do? I don’t tense or yell or anything when singing, but I might be overusing my voice for sure. What is a healthy amount of time to sing per week, and how can I readjust my schedule?
how much you can sing will greatly depend on your technique, because as your technique gets better there will be less wear and tear which means it won't take as long to recover each day. If your technique has faults in it then you'll wear it out pretty fast and it will take longer to recover.
How do you know when nodes are completely gone or in their way to healing. mine definitely gone down significantly or shrunk?? I want to start singing again but not sure if it’s safe… ? Any tips
Hi, When I work with singers who have this problem I never get them to actually STOP singing. I retrain the technique in such a way that it doesn't make the damage worse, that way the voice starts healing while you are using it. You learn to use the voice in a way that doesn't cause the problem to come back. At some point you'll find that you don't get the symptoms of the nodules anymore and that's how you know the problem is gone.
Hai thanks for your information I am not a singer or teacher anything. I am a mother of a 2+ year old boy. I am having a vocal cord nodule. Doctor ask to give full voice rest. But I have to talk with my son. What can I do how can I get rid from vocal nodule
My vocal cord have been injured for past 1 year,I couldn't able to speak louder .I have used techniques but that doesn't work,I hope give u some idea
doyou think i have vocal nodules/damage or just maybe strain?
so last year, i remember singing panic at the disco songs and trying to replicate it, so like shouting and stuff. after that, that's when my voice starts to change. i thought my head voice was broken because it wouldnt work sometimes. and now, i tried to rest it as much as possible and did it for 3 days. my head voice was pretty normal but when i sang again, i felt tension in my throat and my head voice was getting broken again. i believe i also lost range in my head voice because of what i did last year in the song. could it be just strain or damaged voice?
I've never heard your voice and I can't diagnose your voice through text. But either way the answer would be the same regardless - you need proper training to repair your voice and ensure this doesn't happen again. This is something I am very successful at helping singers with who work with me.
I got a bad cold or flu in December last year and i was yelling and coughing so i know my vocals are damaged i can't even hit high notes anymore. How much longer do you think it'll last if i have vocal rest?!?
If it's just a swelling then with rest everything should be fine in like a week or so. However there is a chance that your voice is actually WEAKER from the cold + the time off singing. If your voice is weaker even if your voice is well rested you'll not be able to reach those notes as easily as you could before or possibly not even at all. If your voice has gotten weaker which is very likely you'd need to retrain your voice to strengthen it again. Why? Because most singers just sing with "what they've got" and don't really know HOW they got that strength in the first place, and so if they lose it they don't know how to get it back because they never had to build it initially.
I was diagnosed with vocal modules when I was a kid, just three or four, and now I’m thirteen and I think I have been suffering with them for all these years. I sing pretty often and I think it will be easier if they recovered. All this time, I haven’t noticed I had them, but I can’t sing high notes softly, and when I sing, I am forced to sing loudly. Also, even when I talk for a little while, my throat hurts. Is there any way to fix that?
how are you now?
Niceeeee video! Great explanation. Mariah always had nodules since baby. She needs strict rest which she never does. Do you think she lost a part of her voice?
her voice definitely does not function as well as it used to not just because of nodes but her entire approach is off.
@@philmoufarrege yeah😥
@@philmoufarrege Yeah, she needs to see this video. I wish she could fr, I want to somehow show this to her 😢
How easy is it to get nodules? I am a musical theatre student and am concerned I have them bc I have been experiencing a lot of fatigue and tension, and also have been having a lot more vocal fry.
I sing with pretty good technique, so how easy is it to get nodules? And is it possible that what I am experiencing is something else?
They are harder to get than what people think, but you can get debilitating symptoms very quickly which can limit your voice just as much as nodules and then nodules are the final version of that prolonged stress. If you're experiencing a lot of fatigue/tension then it could indicate your singing workload is way too high or that there are some issues in your technique that you're unaware of that are robbing you of the stamina and workload you COULD be doing. The closer to your limit you sing the more it is likely your form will break down and your voice will fatigue faster. You can send over a recording and I can have a listen here (just sign up for the email list and you'll get my email): philmoufarrege.com
What I listen for is compensatory patterns similar to what I showed in this video clip of Mariah Carrey. Compensatory patterns are what tend to indicate there is an issue and the voice is going to tire prematurely like that.
Hi Abby I took a look at your clips on your channel. First of all GOOD ON YOU! As a whole you approach your voice pretty good, but when you get to big high notes such as "inside" at 1:02 on your Reflection song, when you hit the vowels like that and hold them like that, that will definitely wear out your voice fast. The way you hit those kind of strong high notes need to be done in a different way. The way you approach your vowels you don't tend to close them enough and you keep them a bit too open especially on that word "inside", so the vowel wants to spread too much which closes off your throat and causes your larynx to yank up. Your vowel would need to shade differently than that in order to keep your throat open and connection to your belly.
Phil Moufarrege thank you!!!
Hello, I am struggling in my vocal cords for 4 years. I lost my falsetto. I can't stop singing because it's my passion and my kind of escape everytime i feel down. The doctor said 4 years ago that he saw some lil nodes on my throat. How to avoid, remove this without surgery? or how to bring my voice back?
I don't have enough money to follow up my check up :(( pls. help me with this one. I really wanted to pursue my dreams. I still wanted to sing. Pls. reply ASAP. Thank you :((
First of all god bless you sir, your replies are soo kind and helpful.
Please help me I'm a singer and one day after my gig, I had a sore throat when I went to ent they told me that I have mild phonatory gap in my vocal cord and very little nodule it's on developing stage, can you please tell me one thing that, is phonatory gap can be fixed or not(will my vocal fold close properly) it is a very mild phonatory gap... please help me I'm depressed and crying while writing this msg
yes you can fix it with vocal technique improvements for sure!
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Hey Phil, I was wondering if I could get your advice. For the past 3 years, I have been completely self-teaching myself singing, and it’s gone well. I’ve developed a semi-decent voice, and can sing well for the most part. However, I’d say for the past month, I was trying to sing some pretty demanding Queen songs that I believe forced my voice to compensate with methods using bad technique. After a few weeks, my voice began to feel strained, but not to the point to where it was too bad. But as the weeks went on, I continued like an idiot, and this resulted in me losing basically the entirety of my falsetto. I used to be able to hit a D5 comfortably, but now that seems impossible. I also noticed that when speaking I’d get fatigued very quickly, so I took the hint and took a few days off. My voice started to heal, which I periodically checked for 10-15 seconds every other day, but that has seemed to upset it a bit. Since then, I’ve now stopped checking/ singing completely, and am speaking softly when necessary. I’m also drinking lots of water to make sure I’m not dehydrated. Do you think I have the possibility of nodules, or does this sound more like a serious case of vocal inflammation/ strain?
I would need to hear you to be sure, but it is likely you've just caused swelling that can heal by itself by avoiding what caused it. This might mean taking a few days rest. Now what this means also is that by you singing super softly and speaking super softly and resting from strong singing, your voice is going to get weaker and this brings a new problem - when you go back to singing you may notice that notes that used to feel easy will likely feel far more difficult now, and you will be tempted to use bad technique to sing those notes because it will be hard for you to accept that your voice is not in the same place it was before. this can then damage your voice again, and basically it becomes a vicious cycle where your range keeps diminishing. So essentially your voice will start regressing if you don't know what you're doing and don't know how to build it back up. singing is not just technique, it's a STRENGTH technique. Strength needs to be built and MAINTAINED....ESPECIALLY if you're singing material like Queen.
Phil Moufarrege Well, good news and bad news. I’m not becoming fatigued much anymore when speaking. I can speak fine for the most part, which I think the rest will come back soon. However, I attempted singing a little bit yesterday and to my surprise, it feels like my singing voice is still pretty bad. The pitch was very hard to control, and I found that it was as very weak. It felt as if I was doing everything I had done before, but my voice simply didn’t want to work. However, when singing very, very softly, I could sustain it for a little bit longer. I fear that either my voice has been damaged in some sort, or as you’ve mentioned before, I’ve forgotten how to sing. This really sucks as I’m only 16, and singing has helped me tremendously. Would you recommend seeing an ENT? I’d book a Skype lesson with you, but I don’’t have enough money as it’s much more in my currency. Any help I’d appreciated. I really don’t want to lose my singing voice forever.
All an ENT will really be able to do is just confirm whether or not you have some form of swelling or damage - something I can do simply by hearing you. In my opinion this is irrelevant because the answer is the same regardless: you need to retrain the voice so that the damage can heal and that the voice can strengthen and prevent damage from happening again. I recommend saving up and even just getting one session with me. In that one single session you will know exactly what you need to be doing to move forward with your voice and stop this happening again. it will be worthwhile for you.
@@jmac3223how is your voice now ? I'm dealing with the same problem. My head voice is completely lost and I'm feeling a lot of pain in my vocal chords while singing . This really sucks as I really love singing .
Hloo I'm 19years old,,, i can see my epiglottis when i open mouth (suddenly) . is it problematic??,,, i actually have vocal nodule and ent consultant told me to take voice rest ,,, i am having severe throat pain whenever i talk longer time a day ,,, but now i have discomfort in the throat(pain) and also dysphagia ,,, is it because of suddden appearance of epiglottis??
I’m interested in booking lessons to fix what feels like inflammation in my whistle register. This came up after 8 months of chronic post nasal drip. That area of my throat is sore right now. How long should I vocal rest before starting a lesson?
Hi Amy, thanks for writing. I guess it depends what has caused the issue. It may be more than just the post nasal drip, while that may have exasperated some issues, I had a look at your "christmas time is here" where you sing in falsetto a lot around the E5 area, and the way you approach your falsetto there might be causing some issues for how your higher falsetto (flageolet) and your whistle responds. Meaning, that airy falsetto can weaken it if you aren't careful. Chest voice can have an affect too. So the way I look at the voice is really as a whole as each component can have a big effect on other sounds. For example, getting really good at my chest voice actually really helped my high falsetto open up more and become way more clear and strong. Sounds funny but things like that helped me see how holistic the voice has to be approached. Because of these complications it can be tricky to get solid answers online, working with me in a lesson is where we can pinpoint what's going on with far greater accuracy. I would say in your case just rest until the soreness isn't holding you back from training and then we can start from there with a lesson.
Hi there i was diagnosed with nodules a year ago there not big enough for surgery i was told to have speech therapy but with the hours i work it wasn't able to.
I sing in a couple of bands and dont want to do more damage can you help me please :0
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Looking at videos now, I think I’m realizing that I’ve had bad vocal techniques all my life. I use a lot of tension now and a few years back I went to Disney world and screamed all day and my singing voice has never been the same. I don’t think I have nodules, because my voice is fine and has never changed, but then again I always clear my throat because of excessive mucous coating my voice. It may be my diet and eating and drinking too much dairy but I’m not sure. I can’t go to an ENT because I don’t have enough money. I use to be able to hit really high notes easily. Ever since Disney world I can’t even scream. I’ve lost my upper register. Is there something I can do to improve my range again and get my voice back? I don’t use my singing voice as employment but I would like to in the future. I say all that to say, is it possible?
yes you can get your voice back but it isn't as simple as "just do xyz" you need to be shown HOW to the sounds in a way that builds back the proper coordination in the voice.
How can I get vocal lessons from you...im recovering from vocal nodules and im trying to learn how to speak and sing again,,, sometimes when I speak it hurts my soldier and neck tightens I am a Singer
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Hi there I've been diagnosed with nodules last week, is pain normal? My voice does not sound to hoarse it's just painful.
Rest your voice until the pain goes away and then you will need to carefully begin retraining the voice and restrengthening it. Contact me on my website and I can advise further. I recommend booking a Skype session with me, I can show you the things you need to be doing to heal and restrengthen the voice back to normal. This is not a quick process though.
Hello I need your help , I can't sing like I use to. I live in Sydney Australia
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I am just a beginner and suddenly I just keep losing my vocal ranges cuz of some weird reason is that fatigue or nodes are they normal ?
without hearing you it's hard to say what's going on - but it could just be that you're misusing your voice and wearing it out. I recommend learning how to improve your technique so that this doesn't happen anymore. PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
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My throat is thrashed. I developed stress-related acid reflux this year and when I sang I tried to muscle through it. My throat is constantly sore now, horrible pitch and hoarseness after only one song. I go in for an endoscopy in a few days. i need to learn to sing and speak correctly for sure. If i have nodules that are bad, how risky is it for a singer to have surgery?
sorry to hear that. I am not really into surgery, I prefer to just fix the cause of the problem itself. The voice will heal when it is no longer being aggravated, and by learning how to sing with a healthy technique the voice will no longer be aggravated and then it can heal.
I used to sing with too much air and those super airy falsetto, and that's killing my vocal cords. I can't use mixed voice now, coz the edge of vocal cords can't vibrate to pass the bridge and I can feel it. I practiced too much before I manage to hold the heavy mix, now I can have the relaxed jaw and tongue but I can't hit the note.
yeah this is a common problem. I have helped a lot of singers get through this.
Same problem and background with me I think, every time I singing high notes it would just sound hoarse, I hope we both can find the cure.
Hello I am a professional singer, I have a vocal cord issue called sulcus vocalis. I recently got diagnosed with this problem.. my voice gets strained and becomes hoarse easily.. I am suggested to take voice therapy.. as I am a performer too so I can’t give voice rest for long.. please help me with some exercises to recover from this…😢
why do you think you need more exercises to fix this problem?
@@philmoufarrege I mean voice therapy.. doctor has suggested voice therapy to strengthen my vocal cords.. 90% of the people with this problem has taken voice therapy and has got their voice back.. i know sulcus vocalis will be there for life long ... but this voice strain will go and I hope I can sing without any problem
I'm having issues, I believe I probably have a module, I sound horse most of the time. I'm actually supposed to sing a Christmas song O Holy night, And I'm about to let it go because it's so difficult for me at this point. Please help . Thank you 🙏
For one month I have diagnosed vocal cord nodule,my voice change,I had 7 days voice rest,but I am a doctor,I have to talk with patient, condition slightly improve, can you help me,and how much time I have to take voice rest?
Hello.. How are you now?
I need help!!! I got terribly sick with strep & RSV. Voice took a strain because before that I was singing a lot. I need vocal therapy, I need to get back to me. I need to know the proper things to do for my voice.
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I didn’t get it from singing I was a loud kid and have had the, since 6 years old
Im a professional singer 7 years gigging hard, started having vocal range issues as you’ve explained for the past year, have just been to see a ENT had a scope done discovered the very early start of soft nodules and nasal drip which I’m told will go against by Vocal folds as it acts as a barrier when trying to sing! I’m waiting for an appointment with a vocal coach. S&L I have a lot of gigs booked in and I’m unsure if I should cancel or continue them 😢
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Thanks for this
I really don't want to believe that surgery is the only way to recover if I mess my voice up or that I won't be able to sing freely and easily again
I've been dealing with chronic vocal fatigue from overtraining and not enough recovery recently and I've been getting worried I might have done some damage.
I'm currently resting my voice to allow a full recovery but I know if I do the same things again I'll wind up in the same situation or worse eventually
This gives me hope
Even if it takes time I can break this cycle of injure and heal eventually
with the right training and mentorship you can not only heal your voice but make it better than it ever was
@@philmoufarrege Hello, I think the same. How are you doing?
I'm doing great
I was suffering from vocal nodule and vocal cyst since 7 months,, now i am well,, but still my voice is not like before.. I want to get back my voice,, get back the high range.. Can u plz help?
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Hello sir Phil, I have been singing for 5 months 5 days a week, and today I can't sing without strain, plus I feel like my range is decreasing, it feels bad, what should I do? My speaking voice is normal but when I sing higher, it won't allow me.
Try taking 2 days off and then come back to your normal routine and warm up your voice. Make sure all the parts of your voice are working - make sure your falsetto is nice and clear and strong, then make sure your loud voice that you would use to call out or shout is nice and solid and clear with no breathiness. Then make sure you can sing in a very soft chest voice. Then make sure you can sing in a medium volume chest voice. Warm up all of those coordinations thoroughly and then your voice should be in a good spot. If you're struggling to get any one of those coordinations working then that will likely be the reason why your voice isn't working the way you expect it too.
@@philmoufarrege thank you Phil! I will follow your instructions.
@@philmoufarrege hello sir phil, I took two days off and followed your instructions, my falsetto is quite clear as well as my middle voice, I don't sound breathy at all except when I sing in head voice which is normal for me. What's wrong is that when I sing in my higher registers, I find it 40 percent harder to sing, I don't feel any outer throat tension, but I feel inner throat tension. It's as if my vocal cords don't have much strength or phonation as they used to have, even though I can sing up to c5, it just sounds thicker and heavier.
Feeling PRESSURE is fine and is not the same as strain/pain. You need to build back the strength.
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Hi Phil, why is my head voice range completely gone for like half a year? No sound comes out, also no air, literally nothing. I used to practice singing almost everyday before this but my talking voice and singing voice became so raspy and tired I really had to stop, I used bad technique. I stopped for half a year now and my talking voice is not raspy anymore but my head voice/falsetto is still completely gone. Will it ever come back? I'm resting for half a year but it still is completely gone. It is an immense loss of vocal range. What should I do?
surprisingly it can have to do with your chest voice believe it or not and also how you use your speaking voice, it can wear out the falsetto if there are any issues with it
@@philmoufarrege yes i abuse my chest voice in talking and singing voice unfortunately.. but does this mean my head voice is permanently gone? Or can my head voice come back if i start to talk healthy and sing healthy in chest voice?
yes it can totally come back
@@philmoufarrege that's good to hear! I thought I lost my range permanently. Guess my first step is I have to start learning how to speak normally in chest voice without getting pain in my throat and then maybe my falsetto notes slowly and gradually will come back! Anyway, thank you!!
Hi Phil. I am a 17 year old singer that is a top performer for a music academy. Is there anyway we can get into contact
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It is possible that my voice is hoarse because of my acid reflux?
yes it could be. A good way to check is to stop singing for a few days and if you're still hoarse it's likely not singing related. However, if you speak a lot during the day it could also be from faulty speaking technique too. So you'd want to take a few days off, and take note at what times you are feeling hoarseness. If it's from speaking/singing you'll feel it either during singing or right after or it will just gradually worsen. Then as you stop singing/speaking it will start recovering. with acid reflux, you might wake up with hoarseness or it might happen randomly at different times of the day like after a meal or something even if you hadn't been singing/talking.
How do you know if you have vocal fatigue, etc versus nodules?
for me personally it's kind of irrelevant. The protocol for healing the voice is exactly the same if one has swelling/fatigue or nodules. The difference will be the length of time in healing but the actual actions you take will be the same.
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you are most welcome. I saw some clips of you singing and you sound great, what brings you here? are you dealing with any kind of fatigue or something?
@@philmoufarrege Thank you, Phil. I had 3 winter colds in two months with laryngitis every time and the last time I couldn’t speak at all for 6 days but kept trying because I was visiting family. That cold is long gone and my vocal range returned but I’m still raspy and now feel like there’s a hindrance in my throat when I speak and sing. I can’t physically feel anything but I can hear a distinct crackle when I speak and it also covers occasional notes when I sing. Your video was very informative as I’ve never dealt with this issue.
I hear you. One thing I've learned after being sick is that the voice won't always come back on its own. Sometimes it needs to be restrengthened and reconditioned back into what it was again.
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I need to let my voice rest
yes.
Bro you catch my problems. I was a born singer but after a cold i lost my voice and continue with compentatory methods to sing and after 2 years of that my ENT doctor said you have a phonatory gap..Bro please bring me your email adfess so that i can send to you my voice clip so have more help.Please i want my carrer and my that happy life back.Please give me your email adreess.God bless you.
Hi Vishal, sign up to the email list at philmoufarrege.com and you can send me a clip there. phonatory gap is just a fancy word for saying your vocal folds aren't closing properly, all it means is the strength in your voice needs to be trained back up again. this is common after a cold, the voice can get weaker and the amount of effort you used to use to sing which USED to be adequate is now no longer adequate. Imagine if you are lifting 200lbs and it feels easy, but you don't exercise for 6 months and then try 200lbs. It will FEEL heavier, and will require MORE EFFORT than you remembered. To retrain your voice you will need to use a more concentrated effort to close your vocal folds.
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