As some of you might be aware, I've taken years and years of singing lessons, and remain a terrible singer. But there's one thing, that on recent reflection, I don't entirely understand. I expect this to have a very logical, simple, common sense answer. (In other words, I expect it to be like singing for me--the easiest thing in the world that I just can't grasp.) But I thought I'd ask here. The goal of singing lessons is to learn how to sing correctly so that you can sing mostly effortlessly and without hurting yourself or your vocal folds in the process. Why, then, is such a big deal made about needing to rest your voice, only doing a certain number of shows a week, and so on? If you're using your vocal mechanism correctly, shouldn't you be able to do just about anything you want with it for as long as you want? Or is it something as simple that, because of the size of these particular "muscles" (for want of a better term), they simply get tired more easily, and are thus less useful for extended periods of singing? If anyone could explain this to me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
--Matthew
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