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A male student encountering some issues when singing (Singing Teachers)
I have a male student in his 30’s who is encountering the following issues when singing:
– suddenly dry and painful feeling in the throat when singing
– happens with talking as well sometimes, but mainly singing
– water loosens things up but then it happens straight after
– could just be sore throat but worried we don’t know the order of sore throat and then singing when it’s sore, or singing until it’s sore..?
He’s doing his warm ups beforehand and I have advised him to see a doctor just in case, but any tips? -
14 Replies
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That sounds like a physical irritation to me. Possibly caused by some incorrect vocal fold closure maybe? Are you hearing any faint raspiness in the voice generally?
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Yes – lots of raspiness!
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It’s a good rasp though, he sounds good
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I teach a young girl who has a naturally raspy voice, but one session she complained that her voice was hurting. I put it down to constriction and/or lack of closure, but I must admit that I really don’t know that much about rasp. It sounds like it could well be related though!
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Maybe there’s too much breath in the rasp? Or is he trying to belt high notes with the raspy tone?
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