Singing: How do you reduce vocal swelling/edema with a cold virus?
Posted in technique on 11/28/2008 11:25 pm by HealinPower
John asked:
I am coming down with a cold two days before I have to sing at a wedding. I am a trained opera singer, so pls understand that I am not ‘losing voice’ due to any bad techniques. But I need help on how to reduce edema to the vocal folds without risking vocal hemmorhage when I sing.
I am coming down with a cold two days before I have to sing at a wedding. I am a trained opera singer, so pls understand that I am not ‘losing voice’ due to any bad techniques. But I need help on how to reduce edema to the vocal folds without risking vocal hemmorhage when I sing.
I have mild laryngitis — I can technically sing, but my head resonance has gone to crap and my control is lessened due to swelling of the cords. Range is down by a whole step, as I have to start covering on F#4 instead of G#4, and I can’t seem to hold the breath very well, presumably because my cords are swollen and can’t close all the way.
This is due to a virus:
My mom came down with something very similar on Christmas (of course), but I did not know about it until after I had been around her for a while. She lost her speaking voice a couple of days later, and is still recovering. I have no allergies or respiratory disorders.
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to heal in the next two days?
Christopher
12/01/2008 at 1:30 pm
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