When will I get the high notes again, and is there anything I can do to get it back quicker? Is there any exercises I can do to make me a stronger singer? I have asthma also and I use Albuterol. It sometimes seems to work against me. Any tips?
2007-01-31 12:16:20 · 5 answers · asked by lorrnae 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
How can I warm my voice up and smooth it out?
2007-01-31 12:20:07 · update #1
The important thing to know, since you mentioned that you have asthma, is whether you are losing your voice due to hoarseness, or from lack of air?
If it is hoarseness, then you are singing incorrectly and need to relax your neck and throat. Make sure you are using your diaphragm to support (breathe deeply and expand your abdomen and your back when you breathe, DON'T raise your shoulders and breathe only with the top of your chest). Straighten your back and neck (good posture) and lift your "soft pallete" in the back of your mouth (if you don't know what I'm talking about, pretend to yawn and you will feel a part of the back of the roof of your mouth lift up -- that is your soft pallete) when you sing. This is difficult to demonstrate with words alone, so I'd recommend taking voice lessons if you really want to learn to sing properly and not injure your vocal cords.
Voice lessons will also help with breathing problems such as asthma -- you'll learn some deep breathing and control exercises that will help you to be a better singer and perhaps lessen the effects of your athsma in the future! ^__^
2007-02-01 01:37:19 · answer #1 · answered by Writer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are already a lot of good answers posted to your question, so I won't write them again. Just one quick thought on the Albuterol, though. You'll have to check this with your doctor. Sometimes the cortisone, which reduces the swelling in the bronchial passages ( where your asthma takes place) has the exact opposite effect on the vocal cords, actually creating another problem. In some cases, this will cause hoarseness. Ask your doctor for a different combination with less or no cortisone in it. I has this problem a couple of years ago, and we did trace it back to the cortisone in the medication. Since then, my vocal problems are the ones I create in my head, not the organic ones. As long as we#re on the subject, do you use a breath flow spirometer to gauge your your vital capacity and air intake and outflow? Charting your breath flow is a technique that doctors often assign their asthmatic patients, especially kids, to get them better in touch with the symptoms and signs of their condition, and how better to deal with an oncoming attack. For singers, it can be of great use, knowing how one's body can work pro and con.
Best of luck
2007-02-01 11:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by lynndramsop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vocal sighs help a lot, and also just working your way up and down the piano. It sounds like maybe you're singing in your chest voice higher than you're supposed to? Learn to flip into your head voice sooner, and really support with breath. I don't know about the Albuterol, but maybe it's makign your throat dry, which might explain the loss of voice. I suggest getting methenal throat drops to lubricate your throat, drinking lots of water... and whatever you do DON'T eat icecream, milk, dairy , or TEA befre you sing. The dairy coats your throat and makes it impossible to sing high, and the tea just dries up your throat even more.
:) I hope I helped, good luck!
p.s. oops sorry, I forgot to tell you, even though this sounds odd, eat honey. Get a jar of pure honey and eat a spoonfull or two, it coats your throat and helps to restore it. :)
2007-01-31 23:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Evidentially Quirky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take singing or voice lessons. Losing your voice can often be avoided with correct technique. Doen Albuterol make your throat dry? Remember to drink enough.
2007-02-01 06:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by outie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat ice cream.
2007-01-31 20:30:30 · answer #5 · answered by Alice M. Ayres 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋