4 tips to sing when you're sick - is it safe to sing when you're sick?
Today’s video is all about How to sing when you are sick…or better said. How to NOT sing when you’re sick. By that I mean, we’ll go over some tips on how you can better understand your kind of “sickness” and what you can do to keep you connected with your voice while your body takes the necessary time to heal.
This is going to allow you to establish better communication with your body, so that you can help it get through the sickness, while maintaining great technique for singing. Even if you HAVE TO sing while you are sick.
Here’s 4 sounds that you can do to keep you connected and in touch with your voice.
1. Hiss sounds - This is great if you can’t sing at all! It’s keeps you connected to great breathing techniques. And is super productive in building support.
2. Glottal stops - This is a tiny unit of sound that will help keep your chords connected and I find that it relieves pressure. Keep it gentle and keep it small.
3. Lip trill - This will also help balance pressure inside and reinforces that feedback of breath to face without overcompensating on the throat.
4. Vocal fry
I hope you found this video helpful! Remember to check back often for more singing tips or leave me a question in the comments portion of today’s video! Thank you so much for joining me I’ll see you next time!
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Omg I just realized that the word disease comes from dis - ease. Oh. my. god.
This is gonna sound weird but, I sing to my cats and they love it.
Oh my gosh, this is so important to me, I always get sick especially when I'm in school.
Omg thank you so much!!! I have like a curse! Everytime I go on stage for an important show, I get sick! It's like God didn't want me to give great performances! :P
@MadeleineHarveyVoice
8 жыл бұрын
+Maëva Gosselin I don't think god cursed you! I think your body may be trying to sabotage you though...It's weird...we may really want to perform, but on some subconscious level, our body may still think that it is dangerous to put ourselves out there. And by creating an illness, the body is keeping you safe from possible danger like criticism or something like that...A good mantra to practice is "I am totally comfortable wherever I am!" Happy singing my friend!
@winniemaereact1391
8 жыл бұрын
+Madeleine Harvey Thank you! :)
I have a cold and my throat aches and I have this congested cough and I am the lead in a performance TONIGHT! 😟
Thank u i have competition tomorrow U SAVED MA LIFE 👻
Hi there, your videos are great! I'm a teacher and just recently found out I have a vocal nodule on each side of my vocal chord. I went on two weeks of voice rest and I still have a lot of hoarseness. Could you make a video on exercise to improve that? My voice is so hoarse I can't even do the vocal fry. Any advice is appreciated thank you!
9:30 = exercise sounds :)
This is so useful, thank you! I'm a music student in college so with a curriculum that involves me at least sight-singing once a day along with ensembles, memory checks, juries, and weekly studio lessons, certainly my professors understand that it's hard to sing properly while sick, but especially in a school environment where upper respiratory infections are as common as the sniffles, full vocal rest always feel like not an option. I appreciate this lesson!
thank you ms. harvey. i knew this info. will help me in recovering my voice.
I love you so much for this. Thank you so much :*
Thank you, Madelaine!! This is very helpful. Thank you so much 😘
Your advices are very helpful 😍
Hi! I just discovered your channel. Been singing for 40 years and I now have COPD from singing in smokey clubs for years. I have alot of problem with phlegm. I tend to glitch & can't connect my notes. I rarely have a clear voice. Besides water, when you're on the way to a gig, how do you deal with constant, thick mucous in your chest? I don't want to constantly clear my throat. Btw, you're a wonderful teacher, and trust me, I've been to the best in NYC. THANKS SO MUCH!
Thanks a lot, great advices :-)
I have my X-mas concert coming up, and i have to sing 2 solo's but i have a lot of phlegm in my throat, so this was helpful 👌🏽👏🏽
I am a singer ..... last year I had the same thing as you it was bronchitis , and i totally understand thank you for the tips 😊
Thanks!
Thank You.
I love using the vocal fry for that.
thanks!
@MadeleineHarveyVoice
8 жыл бұрын
+toy chica Bechard You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thankyou I found this video. I really want to have good voice.
Thanks I have a sore throat and my voice is coming back
I have a audition for a select chorus group but I’m getting over a cold.
@linglingpractice40yearsada96
5 жыл бұрын
I hope you made it
I can sing when I am sick but after 3-4 hours I can't , it is just hard to push it, and it's hard to belt .
i just want to ask on tips on how to choose the right song for me.
I have a singing contest in 3 days but my throat is kinda sore from a cold because of winter haha, any tips?
So I had laryngitis and my chest voice is back but my head voice is still a bit airy. Will it come back as normal eventually?
i’ve had performances all weekend and i’m a mezzo singer, but we sing soprano notes, too. i lost my voice but i have auditions tomorrow and the next day. i have a performance today💀. i’m so scareddd someone help! i feel pressure in my sinuses. and throat feels kinda stretched. my nose is stuffy and i sound nasaly. i’ve been resting and stuff. someone at rehearsal said if you add a tiny splash of alcohol to your tea it works like a miracle AND IT DID! it got rid of the gravely stuff, but now i’m still all nasal-ish
Is it stressful on your voice if you have a fever, but the dis-ease isn't in your voice? Cuz I have chest pain (VERY SMALL) when I breath through it. There's no nasal congestion or cold symptoms. It's not even extra effort to speak normally. I just want to know, if I do sing, if my voice will swell or not with a fever and not a cold.
When I have reherseals in the morning , I don't have voice ,why?
drama club auditions on thursday and i’m scared
Madeleine, I'd like English subtitles fof make understanding easier. I'm brazilian and love your videos, tks for it.
@stephanies.casasola4371
6 жыл бұрын
You can activate them in the botton that says CC in the right part of the video, just next to the settings, the theater mode, and the full screen ;)