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 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:06 pm
So I've been out of musical theater (or any sort of performing, really) the past year or so, and have only recently started singing again. When I sing in my head voice, it's fine, but I've noticed a serious problem with my chest voice: after five minutes of singing or so, my throat really starts to hurt. I've been out of practice like I said, but I'm pretty sure I'm doing what I used to do (diaphragm support, posture, keeping hydrated, etc.)
Obviously I'm doing something wrong, and I was wondering if anybody had any insight?
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:14 pm
Besides the things you already mentioned (which are good things to do in general), something that I've learned from (which is kind of fun) is make a diamond shape with your thumbs and index fingers (palms away from you) and place the thumbs under your chin (on your throat) and your index fingers on top of your nose, and make the other part of your fingers touch the corners of your mouth. When you sing, you can tell if you are doing it right if you feel your lips vibrating (you'll still feel your throat a little). But if you throat is vibrating A LOT and nothing is on your lips, then that's bad. This also helps tell you if you have an extremely nasally voice (a.k.a. when your nose if vibrating A LOT).
It makes sense that your head voice (and probably mixing voice) don't hurt as much because you're resonating about the throat, and the chest voice is in your throat and not your chest. (I have a very hard time talking in my chest, but not singing...which is weird).
Hope that helps! (A month later...)
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:55 pm
Make suer to drink lots of water...when you are singing drink room tempature water. Cold water isn't good for the throat. Make sure you take it slow as hitting those notes you're not comfortable with yet. You don't want to ruin your vocal chords. Don't drink and don't smoke...that messes up your voice too!
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:02 pm
Warm up ALOT before you start. I am a terrible singer, but I have a 30-minute warm-up I got out of a book (That I can't recall the name of, but I'll look it up.) and I'm actually pretty decent after that. And STOP whenever you start hurting and work on breathing.
My advisor would also tell you to work on your abs, but she tells that to everybody.
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:19 pm
Gargle with salted water. It works when you,re losing your voice.
As it's been a while since the last time you sang, it might be normal that you ain't at 100%. I've been 9 months without singing, and when I came back to it, it was a big rush of 3 days (1 hour practice the 1st day, 3 hour practicing for the 2 hour show of the same night on the 2nd, and then 1 hour show the 3rd day). So the best I could suggest you is start smoothly, maybe by practicing 1 hour a day, but warm your voice as most as you can.
Do some vocals before you go to sleep too, it helps a whole lot.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:54 pm
If your neck feels strained while singing in your chest voice, then you're doing it wrong. You want to be able to sing in belt/chest voice without hurting yourself.
1. Make sure you have enough support from your diaphragm. Belting takes alot more support than head voice (but probably tied with singing softly).
2. Make sure you direct your sound as forward as you can, especially when trying to get the extremes (your low range and your higher range of your chest voice) to be heard. You don't want to be completely nasal, but that's about the place where you want to direct your sound.
3. Warm up with "Nah nah nah..." on a [do re mi fa so fa mi re do] pattern. Over time it will help increase your range.
4. Don't push your voice that fast to work your belt. You'll get it there eventually.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:32 pm
I knew a girl named Kate who had the same problem. She auditioned for Winnifred in Once upon the Mattress against me. She was very good, but she couldn't make it through a song without starting to sound like she was underwater.
Her problem was that she had trouble with Diaphragm support and she didn't know when to breathe during a number.
She wasn't as fortunate as I am in breathing. I just magically know the perfect place for a catch breath, but she had problems with this, so she lost the part.
Try to work out spots in a song to take quick breaths, and work up strength in your diaphragm. It'll help a lot.
D a n c i n g through life, no need to tough it
When you can SLUFF it off as I do
Nothing matters, but knowing nothing matters
It's just L I F E
So keep d a n c i n g through~
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