How to Take Care of Your Voice and Improve its Quality

How to Take Care of Your Voice and Improve its Quality
If you are a singer, you may have heard about things that
can cause your vocal quality to deteriorate. Voice fatigue
is a major problem for many professional singers. You
might find your voice feeling dry or tired often. You may
get sore throats on a regular basis. Vocal fatigue can be
caused by several things, so it is important, if you plan
to sing often, that you are very careful to take care of
your voice properly.

If you suffer from heartburn or acid reflux, you are at
even more risk for reduced vocal quality. As a singer, you
may be aware that your larynx is, after all, vital, and
gastro-laryngeal and gastro-esophageal acid reflux can
damage your esophagus, larynx and vocal chords over time.
Not to mention the other health problems that constant
reflux can create.

Chronic acid reflux disease can cause you to have halitosis
(incurable bad breath), a bitter taste in your mouth, a
sore throat or a dry mouth. You might also feel like you
have a lump in your throat, excessive amounts of phlegm and
feeling like you need to clear your throat on a constant
basis. As if that weren't enough, it can even cause you to
lose sleep because of discomfort in your throat and
coughing when you are sleeping. So, if you want to protect
your vocal quality and take good care of your voice, you
should see a doctor at the first signs of a serious reflux
problem. Your vocal chords will thank you for it in the
long run.

Also, sopranos who speak in a low voice may be at risk for
singers' dysphonia (difficulty producing vocal sounds).
Research indicates that speaking in a low voice and singing
in a high voice can cause vocal problems. Major changes in
pitch like that can affect sub-glottal air pressure, which
is the air pressure that builds up below the vocal chords.
In turn, that can affect the ability to produce a desired
pitch.

Sopranos whose natural speaking voices are quite low
compared to their singing voices are sometimes concerned
that this disparity may be harmful to their singing
careers. Some of these singers are right to be concerned,
for singing/speaking pitch disparity may contribute to
voice problems. Such major changes can put serious strain
on the voice because more effort is needed to control the
muscles around the larynx and vocal chords.

Sometimes, the speaking pitch of a soprano is affected by
age. Most mezzo-sopranos speak in a range between 230 and
262 Hz. However, those who speak in low pitches tend to
speak at around 224 Hz when they are young, 218 Hz when
they reach middle age and 214 Hz when they get older.

Another thing that can affect vocal quality, believe it or
not, is a woman's premenstrual period.

If you have any trouble with any of those things, you may
want to talk to a voice coach or voice pathologist. They
can tell you how to protect your vocal chords and take care
of your voice. That way you can keep your voice quality
intact for years to come.

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