Could this be coupled with water retention? Would diuretics help? Jocelyn
>From: "Jennifer" <jennibri@i...> >Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com >To: <vocalist-temporary@egroups.com> >Subject: [vocalist-temporary] help for female problem >Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:59:52 -0700 > >Warning to all you guys out there - this is about a female monthly problem, >so you may want to skip to the next message. > >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. > >Jennifer >
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