How can I look after and/or improve my vocal chords?

Question

I'm doing a recording in November and was wondering whether there is anything I can do to maintain or even improve my voice until then?

Answer 1

always warm up with exercises humming is good and accentuating your face muscles with vowel sounds,never sing in the morning or when you wake up leave it for a few hours,avoid dairy products inc milk and chocolate,avoid alcohol as this can slightly anaesthetise your vox box making you strain them or shout across a bar at your friends,one hour before you sing squeeze half of a lemon into a cup one tea spoon of honey and fill with hot water drink it once its luke warm ,stay away from tcp or any anaesthetising sprays as you will over strain your vocals as the sprays will mask pain,if your throat hurts stop and rest it or a result of nodules could happen,have lessons with a vocal practitioner,and ask them to make a warm up CD for you and use that as your guide be strict and do it twice a day,no smoking or gassy drinks,only drink water at room temp,hope this helps seems alot but its worth the ride,and remember your only as good as your strenghs,the more you put in,the more you get out.The Alexandra technique is a great way to go most practitioners use this method,alongside exercises to strenghen your diapram and posture bringing lots of colur variation to to vocal,happy singing.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Drinking aloe vera juice helps. Drinking fresh brewed Lipton tea helps (no sugar). Also, eating Jalapeno peppers helps (believe me!)
My throat got torn up from coughing through 6 consecutive weeks of flu. My voice was shot. Years later, I drank Lipton Tea. It was the first thing that actually helped. I tried aloe vera juice. It helped some, too. The thing that really cleared up my voice was eating Jalapeno peppers! These were the sliced raw ones one top of a chili dog from Sonic.
I can sing again. Up till then, it hurt when I tried to sing. Now it doesn't. It's good to have my voice back.

Answer 4

1. sing regularly, but not extensively
it's important that you build up stamina, but don't burn out.

2. support your sound
if you don't do this already - you need to. learn how to sing from your diaphragm instead of your vocal chords. this is the single most important thing you can do.

3. do vocal exercises
a good set of vocal exercises that works your higher and lower range, but also some of the types of note leaps and embellishments you like to make will help give you more control, color, and strength.

Answer 5

I was told that drinking regularly hot milk with some pepper powder will improve the vocal chords. You can try this.

Answer 6

dont smoke and try stay out of smokey enviroments. warm up with vocal exercises.and believe it or not when we had a big gig coming up i found the best thing was a couple of good nights sleep before hand, if you can get them. other than that you can either sing or not. no offence intended.

Answer 7

There is. Vocal exercises. Try vocalising and speak / sing from your diaphragm. Don't ever strain your singing voice by trying to drive all the power from your "head voice." I sang in a rock band and shot my voice to hell. Operatic singers and actors try to speak from their chests, not their throats.

Answer 8

Sing along with the radio or with cds when you're by yourself, driving to work, etc

Seriously, sing songs you are comfortable and familiar with and you won't have to be self-conscious or anything. It allows you to just concentrate on matching the other person's voice.

Answer 9

Gargle with green tea and with chamomile (but not at the same time). Meditate on Das Knaben Wunderhorn.

Answer 10

Depends what type of music,

a buddy of mine drinks olive oil before the band does a show.