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Date sent: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:21:09 EST
Subject: Re: vocal problems aka "Folder Shoulder"
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In a message dated 02/01/2000 12:44:58 PM Central Standard Time,
peggyh-at-ix.netcom.com writes:

<< About tensing shoulders while holding the music -- how true that is.
Sometimes, at the end of a long, intense rehearsal, I'll notice that my
shoulder muscles are incredibly sore. Often, directors ask the singers to
hold the music up high, so they can see the director while looking at the
music, and this can make my arms and shoulders sore and tense, and this
tension can end up in the voice. >>

I've been doing a lot of choral singing since I came back to Muh-waukee and
had forgotten what a drag folder shoulder can be ... It's hard to find a
working solution - if you get a light weight 3 ring binder, it may not
support your music well enough (and then your hands get tired from doing all
the work); if one weighs more, the folder shoulder is even more aggravated.

What's a singer to do?

Chris

Chris Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"