Comments on: Minimizing Vocal Fatigue

By: MajoringInMusic

MajoringInMusic — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:42:49 +0000

In reply to Lorelei. Thanks for writing in to MajoringInMusic.com. We’re glad you found the article you wrote in from to be helpful. Good for you for incorporating the athlete mentality into your training!
As for recovery, we feel we’d be remiss if we were to make recommendations without knowing how you rehearse and sing. So we highly recommend that you work directly with a voice specialist or coach trained in vocal health. Learning how to rehearse and perform in a healthy way will help you prevent the kinds of issues many singers face as they get older. For additional resources, check out the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and their vocal health videos and webinars. You may also want to check out Dr. Wendy LeBorgne’s “The Vocal Athlete Book."

By: Lorelei

Lorelei — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:49:15 +0000

This is really helpful! I think I’ve been over training and noticed whenever I have to rest (ie. get sick with a cold) I come back stronger. I thought I should start thinking more like an athlete and start incorporating rest days. I really appreciate the training plan, and have found the bubble exercise especially useful. Thank you!

For recovery weeks, do you recommend easy singing? Or resting from singing altogether?

By: Izzy

Izzy — Tue, 02 May 2017 16:24:46 +0000

This was really helpful, thank you. I’m in high school and because of allergies and coughing, my voice became tired and I can’t hit certain notes. This is the first time this has really happened.

By: KiKi

KiKi — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:41:59 +0000

I am in my 4TH year of choir and we use fancy words to raise and lower our voices in certain songs so that way we already know that our voice parts can trick the crowd into amazement …. my advice is to take a choir class to fix up your voice or get a musical mentor to help you.

By: MajoringInMusic

MajoringInMusic — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:56:42 +0000

In reply to Lisa. We suggest you take a look at Dr. Wendy DeLeo LeBorgne's new book "The Vocal Athlete" (Plural Publishing) and also seek the advice of a voice specialist in your area, especially to rule out any more recent physiological causes for your pitch concerns.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:13:20 +0000

I have a BME degree with voice as my instrument. Through the years I have struggled off and on with vocal issues (due to over use as a public school music teacher, allergies, vocal nodules that remained soft, chronic sinus issues, seasonal asthma and acid reflux disease which I had fundal plication (sp?) surgery that worked great for a couple of years). However when I am not teaching I seem to do much better with hoarseness; have had a fulfilling career in performance, teaching; ministry opportunities.

I’ve seen the head of ENT at UAB Birmingham, 2010 and had vocal therapy in college in the 80’s at UAMS in Little Rock, AR.

I now seem to have issues with sustaining a pitch for a normal duration. For example: needing to take a breath sooner than is suggested in a song, especially in a choral situation. I do fine in most solo situation because I sing contemporary Christian most of the time now. I can belt more easily than sing soft at time as well. I would appreciate any suggestions/advice you would offer.