Threads on the Singing Voice

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 20 Nov 08 - 09:48 PM

Back in 99 we didn't have the tracking links that were related to the topic at the top of a thread, so this thread was created in "early" Mudcat days. When I have time to update any broken links outside Mudcat, I will work on that.
Thanks, Joe.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Nov 08 - 03:53 PM

refresh, per request from Alice.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 17 Aug 03 - 11:00 AM

Click here. how do you prepare to sing?

I have posted in earlier threads the advice that good singing technique will keep your voice healthy as you age. Don Firth describes in this thread how well good technique has worked for him. Preparing to sing is a constant practice, daily if possible, keeping your voice in good shape. Just before performing there are things you can do, but singing is a physical activity that relies on muscles you should exercise and tone up every day if possible. Instruction from a GOOD voice teacher is the only way to learn those techniques well.

Alice

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 16 Oct 02 - 10:33 AM

Click here Tech: Exactly what's a true contralto?

No need to add discussion here, this thread is for links.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 04 Apr 02 - 12:39 PM

Click Here Help: singing unintended Vibrato/ Control

Click Here Help, singing in noisy environments

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: The Shambles
Date: 03 Feb 02 - 02:19 PM

Is the voice an instrument?

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: John Hardly
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 10:47 PM

Do I Need A Vibrator? What is "vibrato" and where, physically, does it come from?

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 07:22 PM

For the request on vocal exercises - scroll through this and follow the links on technique, warming up, dos and don'ts, etc.

Alice

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 07:22 PM

For the request on vocal exercises - scroll through this and follow the links on techniqe, warming up, dos and don'ts, etc.

Alice

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 26 Sep 01 - 03:20 PM

Another link:

click here singers: who do you emulate and why

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 25 Sep 01 - 03:31 PM

Adding a couple more thread links:

click here Post flu - lost vocal range

click here BS: Perfect singers

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 12 Jun 01 - 05:15 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 03:19 PM

click here Breath Control While Singing

click here Vocal Training Resources

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Naemanson
Date: 02 Oct 00 - 10:42 AM

Thanks for all the work in compiling this thread. It goes on my list of permanently traced threads.

Brett

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 02 Oct 00 - 10:38 AM

click here Singing, Can it be taught?

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 27 Aug 00 - 12:35 PM

Just adding a few more threads on the topic.

click here Solo Unaccompanied Singing and Songs

click here Singing in Scenic Outdoors

click here Gender and the soprano voice

click here How versatile should your voice be ?

click here BS: What is singing?

click here Singing thru the tears- how?

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 15 May 00 - 08:26 PM

Just adding another thread, no need to extend the discussion here.

click here Hitting the high notes

Alice

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 08:31 PM

READ ME...

As Alice requested, there is no need to post additional material in this thread on the vpoice.

To post new material, go to this current thread:

Click here

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Crowhugger
Date: 19 Feb 00 - 02:00 AM

Refresh for some good reading.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Peter T.
Date: 23 Jan 00 - 05:51 PM

We need a link on the Quick Links to these meta-threads.yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 23 Jan 00 - 04:19 PM

There is no need to add messages of discussion to this thread. This is the home thread for links to the singing discussions.

Here is another one: What's a 'good voice'?

Alice

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 23 Nov 99 - 09:14 AM

click here Help:Singers and laryngitis - another thread with questions about vocal health

Alice Flynn

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 27 Sep 99 - 03:55 PM

Adding this to the list of threads

click here Info on voice ranges

Thanks for the additional definitions, M.Ted.

alice flynn

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 05:28 PM

PS: We also had:

What do you want from me? thread

Improved singing thread

sorry, don't know how to link them.

thanks, Ana! Great idea.

MA

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 05:23 PM

I know this aint the 60's but it still gives me a pang when my neices become sexually active at 16, then 15 ...

I think the throat lozenges are Fisherman's Friend, and they work in a pinch. cut the mucous like a knife cuts mustard.

MA

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: bbelle
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 03:35 PM

I posted this in the throat spray thread and I'm reposting it here, so don't be put off by the first couple of paragraphs ... I haven't gone completely bonkers.

Hot tea with lemon or hot water with lemon and honey. And never, never, never, never any type of dairy. It causes the mucuous membranes to go haywire. There are some throat discs called, I think, Throat Discs, that I used to use when I was making my living singing, and they worked very well. And, if you are not a trained vocalist, a few voice lessons to teach you to breathe and support properly will help tremendously. And, if you are a trained vocalist, utilizing what you've learned will help tremendously. Actually, I've never had any problems with my voice (I used the Throat Discs when I had a cold and scratchy throat) so I must have he-man vocal cords. When I think of those individuals who I know have had problems with throat polyps, they were untrained vocalists and were using their vocal cords to do all the work. One more thing, I've been sneered at when I've mentioned being a "trained" vocalist, as if, in being trained one does not have a "natural" voice. That is wrong and snobbish. Anyone who is singing on a regular basis should have "some" training, if for no other reason than to learn to breathe properly and support your vocal cords, so they don't have to do "all" the work. Here's a funny story ...

I started vocal training at 16 y/o and the most used phrase was "use your diaphragm." Physiologically speaking, I knew what my diaphragm was. At about 19 (1967) and becoming sexually active (remember this was the 60's) I went to my doctor to discuss birth control. He asked me if I had ever used a diaphragm, and I said "Yes, everyday." Luckily for me, he knew me quite well and questioned me further about the "diaphragm," and I left his office with a Rx for "the pill." moonchild

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 01:06 PM

Heeeeyaaaa, head 'em up, move 'em out, rollin', rollin', rollin', keep those threads a rollin',... Get in line there, you Throat Spray messages, Heeeeyaaaa...

I feel like I'm trying to herd ANTS.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: paddymac
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 11:42 AM

Alice - thanks for a great contribution.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 10:33 AM

Margarita, actually the brand I purchased is on the internet, and the link to it is in the message on throat spray.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Ana
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 01:37 AM

Thanks Alice - I'm very appreciative of the time you've put into compiling and sharing this.Ana

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Margo
Date: 26 Sep 99 - 01:20 AM

Thanks Alice. I have been wondering about that throat spray and forgot the name of the thread. You suggest a health store as a place to look for it?

Margarita

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 25 Sep 99 - 10:27 PM

Well, I see that I dulplicated one link, but I think I got most of the threads on this topic so far.

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 25 Sep 99 - 10:18 PM

click here Vocal Instruction for Singers (links to vocal course books on the internet)

click here Yodelling

click here Learn to sing harmony: Good instruction tapes

click here Song suggestions for higher lyric voice

click here Singer's Vocal health - throat spray

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 25 Sep 99 - 09:45 PM

click here How do you learn songs?

click here Singing in a dome

click here Vocal embellishment - guidelines?

click here voice range - how to extend it (please)

Subject: RE: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 25 Sep 99 - 09:21 PM

click here Help: How can you tell which voice you've got

click here Can anyone learn to sing

click here Vocal strain prevention

click here Vocal Techniques - In Aug 98 I tried to bring together info from some of the other threads on singing. I am not a voice teacher or academic, so be aware that "Vocal Techniques" was a humble attempt to explain something about breathing, resonance, etc. in terms most people can understand.

Alice

Subject: Threads on the Singing Voice
From: Alice
Date: 25 Sep 99 - 08:41 PM

This thread is a home for links to the many discussions we have about vocal health, vocal technique, styles of singing, and how we use that instrument that is in our throat.

It will take me a little while to find all of them, so please bear with me. Here are a few to start.

click here Help! My singing voice is dying!

click here The Mouse that Roared (Finding Your Voice)

click here fellow sean-nos singers?
(Just a note, although I started the thread and this title may imply it, I am not a sean-nos singer. The thread is a wonderful one on the subject. -Alice)

click here Help: How can you tell which voice you've got

click here A link outside of the Mudcat, Warming Up The Voice

click here Link outside of Mudcat, an academic study of tension during singing in different styles

click here A link outside of Mudcat, Guideline Dos and Don'ts for Singers - vocal health

click here A link outside of Mudcat, Singing - The history of singing, theory, vocal health, etc.