To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
From: Peter Louis van Dijk
Subject: Re: Weight Lifting and the Voice
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Lloyd Hanson wrote:

" some experience working with singers who
>develop a voice quality that I have described as "husky" for lack of a more
>accurate term."

I am working with a tenor who has this problem caused by weight-lifting. He
actually sounds as if he is still lifting weights while he is singing! Are
there any exercises that you have found particularly useful to break this
by now involuntary habit of over-compression? I did find that the humble
lip-trill had some success. Any more ideas?

Many thanks
Susi
Cape Town RSA
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Susi van Dijk - soprano, voice teacher
Peter Louis van Dijk - composer, conductor
Xandi van Dijk - viola, conductor
Matthijs - violin, composer
Cape Town, South Africa