Back in the Saddle!
by Karen L. Davis, posted May 10, 2013 category » La Voce
I've had a cold for the last few days, and my voice is 'rusty'. It's still pretty flexible though. What really turned the trick on the recovery was not singing very much for about a month after the hurricane. It knocked out the A Train, which I take out to my regular gigs in the Rockaways. No A Train, no gig; no gig, so singing. No singing, recovering vocal chords. After all that rest, my range gradually expanded from an octave - g below middle C to g above, to a to b. It stuck at b for a while, but I didn't care because that's where the drama kicks in with my voice. A piece of drama is better than none. A few weeks later, I got a piece of the high C; when I got the D I was pretty happy. Most of the stuff I write tops out at D, so I was good for singing most of my original songs. One day, just for kicks, I tried singing an E - had the sound but not a lot of quality. Now, I'm back to where I was - working on quality - but gently. The key seems to be working gently, and giving the voice a break when it's necessary, good breath support, relaxation, proper muscle use, all that stuff you're supposed to do when you sing...should keep me on the job and on the stage. |
