YOVANNI Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Can someone please share any good vocal remedies and cool downs to maintain the voice after a long singing session? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanna Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 GREAT QUESTION! First - rehydrate body & minimize unnecessary talking, especially over noise. I've worked with artists whose singing technique was pretty good, but got problems from coming-down/de-briefing the session over beer & background noise, or doing an extended meet-and-greet after a gig. Vocally, try lip-buzzes, tongue-trills, or "zzzzz" on gentle patterns (1-3-5-3-1, 5-4-3-2-1, ) and/or pitch glides, mostly in midrange. Or -- use a straw like a kazoo, pucker around it in a semi-tight "ooo" and do glides or single tones, high-to-mid range, focusing the tone out through the straw. Scientists say that this changes the physics inside, "massage" vocal cords. Actually massaging the throat (right on & around voice box), neck, & jaw-muscle areas can be nice too, with yawns & tongue stretches for the inner throat muscles; these bring circulation to help clear out metabolic waste-products, without adding to vibrational wear-and-tear. Any whole-body stretching that you do as a warmup can be repeated as cool-down. Finally, a hot shower or other steam treatment when you get home helps relieve the immediate surface stress on the cords. hope this helps -- Joanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Robert Lunte Posted September 20, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 20, 2009 Joanna, that was what I was going to say! Ya, Joanna has it nailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOVANNI Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Joanna thank you so much. You know what you are talking about and I will put all your recommendations to practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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