On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Jennifer wrote:
> Warning to all you guys out there - this is about a female monthly problem,
> so you may want to skip to the next message.
>
uuu> Over the last three months my voice has majorly changed for the better.
I've
> finally developed good resonance, breathing, and for the first time have a
> nice chest/head mix (I'm a soprano). Probably because this is so new, last
> month for the first time I noticed a massive effect on my voice for about 4
> days starting just before my period. I lost some resonance, and my nice
> mixed notes almost completely vanished (about middle C to E a third higher).
> As upsetting as it was, at least it was only temporary. However, this month
> it has started again (just had a coaching and made some really ugly sounds
> at the bottom and could barely hear myself in places I normally drown out
> the piano). I am singing in a competition in two days (yay, there are some
> I'm not too old for yet :o) so I'm getting quite worried because this
> problem lasted 4 days last time. I'm singing Un bel di which has a couple of
> bars of low Db's that demand a good mix or they completely disappear, and
> less resonance probably means I'm going to get one of those "you shouldn't
> be singing something that's too big for your voice" comments. Plus it's
> really hard to be fully expressive when my dynamic range has just been
> halved.
>
[B> Is there anything I can do to fix this quickly? I know we discussed
th> Over the last three months my voice has majorly changed for the better. I've
> finally developed good resonance, breathing, and for the first time have a
> nice chest/head mix (I'm a soprano). Probably because this is so new, last
> month for the first time I noticed a massive effect on my voice for about 4
> days starting just before my period. I lost some resonance, and my nice
> mixed notes almost completely vanished (about middle C to E a third higher).
> As upsetting as it was, at least it was only temporary. However, this month
> it has started again (just had a coaching and made some really ugly sounds
> at the bottom and could barely hear myself in places I normally drown out
> the piano). I am singing in a competition in two days (yay, there are some
> I'm not too old for yet :o) so I'm getting quite worried because this
> problem lasted 4 days last time. I'm singing Un bel di which has a couple of
> bars of low Db's that demand a good mix or they completely disappear, and
> less resonance probably means I'm going to get one of those "you shouldn't
> be singing something that's too big for your voice" comments. Plus it's
> really hard to be fully expressive when my dynamic range has just been
> halved.
>
> Is there anything I can do to fix this quickly? I know we discussed this on
> Vocalist a few months ago, but the archives are gone *sniffle, whine*. I'm
> willing to try just about anything.
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>
> Is there anything I can do to fix this quickly? I know we discussed this on
> Vocalist a few months ago, but the archives are gone *sniffle, whine*. I'm
> willing to try just about anything.
i cna't help with a quick fix but for a longer term measure, I've found
that taking fish oil supplements really helped over those times, however
you would need to take them regularly. It really helped during those times
when I felt my voice had become unwieldy and thick. Celery extract will
also help with Water retention issues, both bloating and vocal.
Above all keep away from salty foods and caffienne, it really exacerbates
the problem.
Kylie
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