I'm trying to train my voice so that it sounds appropriate, and the strain that I put on my voice when trying to raise my pitch caused me to choke. Is that a normal part of voice training? Normally my throat stings when I'm done, but I just gargle some salt water and the pain numbs out, so I figured it wasn't a problem. But I also realize that I may be doing something wrong. Raising my pitch is generally painful because I can barely breath when I'm doing it, it hurts my throat, and I can feel my blood vessels in my head straining (I'm always afraid I'm going to have an aneurism or something). But I'm not sure how I can raise my pitch otherwise, I mean it's supposed to be a strain, since you're actually raising the frequency of your voice and therefore the frequency of the vibrations produced by your vocal cords, right?
I just want to check to make sure and I'm wondering if the pain I'm feeling is the pain of progress, or the pain of doing it completely wrong and making no progress at all.
My voice training didn't focus on pitch at all. It was all about resonance. In fact, they encouraged me to use a lower pitch.
Oh, yea I know resonance is a big part of it. I'd just much prefer a higher pitch :) And I think my pitch is far too low for me to get away with not raising it (it's extremely deep).
Dear Riversong,
Voice training shouldn't hurt, EVER. If it hurts, STOP, you could mess things up. Better to invest a few bucks to see a voice teacher/coach than to screw up your vocal cords.
Amy
Quote from: AmyBerlin on April 08, 2014, 06:14:15 AM
Dear Riversong,
Voice training shouldn't hurt, EVER. If it hurts, STOP, you could mess things up. Better to invest a few bucks to see a voice teacher/coach than to screw up your vocal cords.
Amy
^ this
I am taking voice lessons from a professional voice teacher and she stresses this over and over again. it takes time to develop the muscle memory you need and trying to force it sooner doesn't work. The pain you are feeling is a reminder of that. Give your muscles time to develop.