Numb vocal cords
Philip_G
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Hi!
So I'm a new student of the 3.0 course.
And my first message here!
This will be a fairly long message. I apologize for that in advance. But I feel a backstory would benefit my questions.
The issue is this:
When I do the LA-AAH exercises (no matter which vowel) I feel a pretty heavy numbness in my throat afterwards. And it restricts my range and dynamic a lot!
Why is this?
I want to believe it has to do with a faulty support and/or misunderstanding of tonal placement.
My usual routine looks like this:
Every morning I hum in a straw into a bottle of water. I only do this in my speaking register except for slides through the passagio.
If I hum in a higher register or headvoice the numbness appears.
I wake up the support by blowing through the straw without a waterbottle, and then I do some "HEY!s".
After this I sing along with my favorite tracks at the moment which also fit what I feel is a good exercise at this point in time.
After this morning routine my voice feels great! No numbness, hoarseness or any problems.
However, I tried starting the day with the 30 min singer course.
And my throat went completely numb, almost as if the vocal cords got stiff or a thin film of some kind cover them. The passagio went from smooth to a brick wall and my power went way down.
So I tried doing it in the afternoon instead.
Same thing.
It feels good when doing the exercises but it gradually gets more and more difficult getting a stable tone and ping.
What is going on!?
Am I pushing to hard? To little?
Could it be that I somehow manage to engage the throat even though it feels open?
Any ideas are welcome!
Best regards
Philip
So I'm a new student of the 3.0 course.
And my first message here!
This will be a fairly long message. I apologize for that in advance. But I feel a backstory would benefit my questions.
The issue is this:
When I do the LA-AAH exercises (no matter which vowel) I feel a pretty heavy numbness in my throat afterwards. And it restricts my range and dynamic a lot!
Why is this?
I want to believe it has to do with a faulty support and/or misunderstanding of tonal placement.
My usual routine looks like this:
Every morning I hum in a straw into a bottle of water. I only do this in my speaking register except for slides through the passagio.
If I hum in a higher register or headvoice the numbness appears.
I wake up the support by blowing through the straw without a waterbottle, and then I do some "HEY!s".
After this I sing along with my favorite tracks at the moment which also fit what I feel is a good exercise at this point in time.
After this morning routine my voice feels great! No numbness, hoarseness or any problems.
However, I tried starting the day with the 30 min singer course.
And my throat went completely numb, almost as if the vocal cords got stiff or a thin film of some kind cover them. The passagio went from smooth to a brick wall and my power went way down.
So I tried doing it in the afternoon instead.
Same thing.
It feels good when doing the exercises but it gradually gets more and more difficult getting a stable tone and ping.
What is going on!?
Am I pushing to hard? To little?
Could it be that I somehow manage to engage the throat even though it feels open?
Any ideas are welcome!
Best regards
Philip
Comments
We'd need to hear you sing a Lah-Ah arpeggio to make useful comments on this. From your description, alone, I don't read anything that would lead to numbness. And where do you feel this numbness, in the mouth, tongue, throat?
How long have you been on the course?
I feel it around the vocal cords. Almost like they don't want to close and get very airy.
I do feel however that I understand and utilize it now. Although it is my main focus when training.
I do feel it warms up rather slowly and it takes some effort to get it going.
And has been for a couple of months or so. But since I don't feel it is second nature yet, I have not moved on to other areas.
I am a firm believer in time makes excellence.