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Welcome to The Voice Connection Sound Off; a forum for users of books like Raise Your Voice, Melody to Madness, The Ultimate Breathing Workout, and Unleash Your Creative Mindset, as well as a place for Vendera Vocal Academy members to interact.

This message board was created so that singers could come together and "sound off" to help support each other during vocal development and the creative process of unleashing the creative spark that occurs when writing and producing music. Currently, myself and vocal coaches Ben Valen, Ray West, and Ryan Wall are here to respond periodicially to your questions, with new vocal coaches coming soon. But, feel free to help each other too:)

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Re: Feeble Voice/range after vocal workout

Tom B
I may have gotten my notes wrong - middle C is C3 right?
I sing tenor in choir - definitely not bass! While G1 (What I think the second G below middle C is) is my lowest note, it's not particularly strong.
C4 is middle c on a piano with 88 keys. I am a baritone and my range is from (F2-vocal fryish)G2-A4. you gotta start thinking of C4 as middle C and everything is then relative to that. It is quite possible that you are straining your voice, but we would have to hear what you are doing. I can sometimes sing some lower tenor parts in choir, but I can't do the higher stuff. Don't think you can't ever sing outside of your natural range. It just take a lot of time and practice. Take your time and get the the lower notes very solid and add one at a time. Sometimes after a good vocal workout the muscles that control your voice are just tired and need to rest for a while. You wouldn't do squats in the gym then go and try running 10 miles. Ya know. It could just be that you had a good workout and need some time to recover. It is a good idea to cool your voice down with lip bubbles, hums, and descending scales to warm down for 5 mins or so after you do your exercises.