![]() ![]() Luckily for all of us who loved his voice, he or someone corrected these errors in technique, and he returned to his previous effortless emission. Suddenly, he was making faces and creating wide jaw positions for his upper register, when before you could hardly tell the facial difference between middle C and high C. This after singing them with consummate ease for many years. The “king of the high C’s” had some problems during a period in his career reaching those stratospheric high notes. Its happened to some of the greatest singers of all time, i.e. Its almost insidious the way bad habits can creep into a technique and if no one is there to correct you, on you go down the path to vocal problems. Everyone needs a good voice coach/teacher, with a trained ear to keep the vocal train on the tracks. Singing mostly classical music all my life, I’ve never been asked to sing with a rasp, and when a rasp has suddenly appeared, I knew it was a bad sign time to rest! Operatic tenors seem to have similar problems with their technique, usually caused by those dreaded high notes. Your advice in this blog is AS USUAL spot on. A good vocal coach can help you change techniques that are keeping your voice unhealthy. It's best to go to a vocal health center where medical voice specialists can scope your cords, rule out anything serious and illuminate you about anything you may be doing or not doing that is causing the sound. Any chronic case of vocal raspiness, hoarseness, or discomfort should be investigated by a doctor. You could be fatiguing or damaging your voice by the vocal fry you don't even know you're using when you speak.Ĭontrary to what you may hear (from ANYBODY), it is not a good idea to ignore it just because you've had vocal raspiness for a long time, and think it's 'natural' for you. You could have a degree of irritation or a growth of some kind on your vocal cord(s). For instance, you could have excessive mucous on your vocal cords (folds) due to allergies or dehydration. If you have a raspy voice already and you can't make a conscious choice to speak or sing without it, it's very important to investigate why it sounds that way. Wait until the vocal damage and fatigue is completely healed before attempting to create rasp (if ever!). Picture rubbing two wounded emery boards together every time you sing. If you have any vocal strain or damage, do not sing or speak with a rasp, vocal fry, or 'gravel' sound. I'm not sure what happened to her, because I never heard from her again, which is unfortunate because it is my experience that with time and careful remedial work, vocal damage can usually heal without surgery, and careers can be resumed. Her vocal career was stopped in its tracks. Recognizing the signs, I sent her to Vanderbilt Voice Center in Nashville where they examined her vocal cords, diagnosed serious vocal nodules, and put her on extended voice rest. I had her do some gentle, targeted vocal exercises that almost always clear a voice up, but I couldn't get her speaking or singing without those sounds. The parents told me that a coach their daughter had been working with told them that some people's voices are just naturally that way, so they never worried about it. I had her sing for me and found her voice to be breathy and raspy. Their little girl already had a successful vocal career going, and was in the middle of a professional production, but was experiencing some problems. Some concerned parents brought their child in for a vocal lesson. ![]()
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