Improve Your Singing with Healthy Speech
Your speaking voice directly affects your singing By taking good care of your voice when speaking, you are improving your vocal health. Try making your speaking habits more healthy by: Talk at full volume when you want to be heard, but don’t scream. If you tend to speak loudly all the time, turn down the volume. Speak with no tension, for example in the tongue or jaw - pay attention to articulation to prevent tension. Use your knowledge of breathing and apply it while using the telephone. Avoid talking until your voice hurts from lack of breath.
You are What You Eat
It’s not a problem for everyone, but being too lean may lead to problems with stamina while singing and sustaining higher pitches. Be sure to give your body the nourishment it requires to increase your stamina. Many singers wait until late in the day to eat, but your body needs something to get it started. To prevent snacking late at night, get in the habit of eating earlier in the day.
Keep Yourself Properly Hydrated
The human body is composed of 50% to 60% water. The lungs need water to keep tissues moving easily. The tissue in your muscles is comprised of up to 75% water. Therefore, keeping your body properly hydrated helps your singing voice.
Some people get bored just drinking water. However, other liquids can help you balance your hydration levels as long as you remember that sugar content in drinks won’t you’re your waistline and caffeine in beverages can dry you out. Since caffeine is a diuretic it makes your body shed any excess water which means that cup of coffee in the morning isn’t going to help your voice.
Get Plenty of Shut-Eye
Too little sleep makes it difficult for your throat tissue to heal. Your voice feels sluggish when you are sleep deprived. You need to allow yourself to regenerate and recoup during the night. Try sleeping a little more for several nights and see the difference it makes in your singing.
Making sure you’re well nourished
You should always eat a balanced diet. By following the basic nutritional guidelines, you will eat balanced amounts of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy products, and meat. You should also ensure that your getting the right amounts of fats, protein, and carbohydrates. You may find that singing requires more energy, which means adding more protein to your diet to enhance your body’s ability to sustain you through long rehearsals.
Preventing a Sore Throat or Infection
Keeping a few basic remedies on hand can make a huge difference for the times you feel a bit of a tickly coming on. One item to keep on hand is a bottle of saline nasal spray which is a solution of water and salt. When you spray the solution up your nose you effectively wash away germs that may be waiting around, ready to attack your immune system.
Or try gargling with warm salt water. Adding a few teaspoons of salt to a half cup of warm water and then gargling helps wash away any germs that can lodge in the back of your mouth. Simply mix about a half cup of warm water with a few teaspoons of salt and gargle, washing away germs that are lodged in the back of your mouth. People that get frequent infections around their tonsils find that saltwater is a good friend. If you want to stop canker sores in their tracks, just swish the saltwater around in your mouth.
I hope these vocal health tips were helpful to you. To learn to sing like a star and discover more about maintaining the best posssible vocal health, I recommend checking out the Sing With Freedom vocal training program from Per Bristow.
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