will singing, untrained, damage your vocal cords???

Answer 1

Vocal noise happens when a person stretches and/or relaxes their vocal cord and blows air over them. That doesn't sound like what you are doing when you sing, does it? But it is!

Vocal cords are two pieces of the lining inside your body, located in your throat behind some cartilage called a "larynx," or more commonly, a "voice box." The larynx and vocal tissue inside are in the path of air as it goes in and out of the lungs. These tissues that are involved in making noise are called the vocal cords. When the vocal cords are tightened and relaxed as air moves across, noise is made, rather like when you let air out of a blown-up balloon. As the sound is higher or lower based on the tension of the balloon opening, so the note that comes from a human mouth is higher or lower based on the tension of the vocal cords.

The tension of the vocal cords makes the sound higher or lower. Also, the actual thickness of the vocal cords as they grow inside a person's voice box makes their sound higher or lower. That is why people have vocal ranges: soprano, alto, tenor, base and all types in-between. All kinds of training will not make a bass singer into a soprano.

Vocal training is instruction how to move the air across the vocal cords in a way that other people want to hear, whether it is singing or speaking. People are unable to make pleasant sounds out of their vocal range, and forcing the air movement can damage the vocal cords.

Singing untrained, or trained, might damage your vocal cords if you sing out of range or tire your vocal cords.

Answer 2

Hello there, voice teacher here! Not necessarily. It depends on if you're singing inproperly. Some people just naturally sing correctly, some people don't, and some people who take voice lessons sing inproperly and are on their way to correcting it. I would recommend asking someone who sings to recommend a voice teacher, and just ask if you can take a trial lesson with him/her and ask them to see what they think of your voice. Now, they may not be able to tell you based on a half hour or an hour of singing whether or not you're doing it correctly, just because sometimes it takes a little longer to tell with certain voices. But try to make sure this person is reputable. Depending on where you live, I would recommend contacting a university in your area where there's a music program (if there is one) and asking them for a recommendation. They may even have voice teachers on staff there. Good luck!

Answer 3

if you sing untrained it won't damage your vocal chords...unless you have some kind of throat problem..(but that'll happen to anyone trained or untrained)...it depends how you sing...like belting out and you don't know the proper way to your throat might become dry but I'm sure that's it.

Answer 4

No. You will know your vocal ability long before you damage anything. You may have a sore throat or altered voice for awhile but it all comes back.
I know because I'm a karaoke nut and sometimes
I overdo it a little bit.

Answer 5

Yes, absolutely. You should never overwork your voice. I'm not sure if the lump is related though. I've never heard of that happening before. You should get it checked out by a doctor.

Answer 6

No, I Sing for a living, have for over 20 yrs, never had any formal training...

Answer 7

not really if youre actually singing. if youre more like screaming or just singing extremely loud, then probably

Answer 8

No i dont think so, sing away lol, sing away

Answer 9

If taht was true everyone would have throat problems ;)

Answer 10

of course not