Hi there,


i've been playing with my band today (whre i play guitars and singing ), and got a strange feeling.
I was not at my best and it was hard to get high notes today. And now my voice is a little tired ( 3 hours of rock singing..) but no that much BUT i feel my soft palate really irritated, also a little on my throat but it's really focused on my soft palate?

How can i correct that. Is it too much breath or too much pressure, wrong placement??

Thanxs

When you say that you had trouble getting the high notes, do you mean you were straining? Cause you should never reach for a note, that'll cause you to strain, always land on the note. Some factors to think of: Did you warm up well enough? Were you drinking plenty of water? Were you making sure not to shout to get the higher notes? Were you pushing your stomach out for higher notes?

The last 2 can cause strain, and the first 2 are just to keep the cords flexible and hydrated. If you were drinking alot of water, weren't shouting or reaching for the notes, weren't pushing out the stomach (remeber the idea of the power push is to be firm but flexible) and you warmed up properly, then perhaps you should give your body a rest. I don't know how much you sing usually, but we all have limits, the voice, like anything else when worked excesively will get tired. Sometimes you just gotta rest.

I'd say if the resting doesn't help and you were doing everything else you were supposed to do, then this problem is over my head, but thats what I would check on first.

You could potentially be getting sick. Sometimes when I'm getting sick it'll make my soft palate hurt for a bit.

This is the first symptom of a cold. The cold virus develops first in the adenoids located behind the nose above the soft palate. I always watch for that sensation even when it only feels like this area is dry to know when I'm getting a cold. If you know how to treat it and you do so early, you might get rid of the virus faster. I can do it in 3 days and more recently in 24 hours. I will explain how in my book "Voice Yourself in in the Classroom" so I can't tell you more right now... Sorry...

HI,

my problem seems to be gone.My voice is allright. I'm not sick at all. hurra!!!

I guess now why i got that problem:

When i practice at home i can really concentrate on breathing,support etc.... But when i got to play with my band, i can't concentrate on playing the guitar perfectly, sing perfectly and synchronise all those things at the same time.Also, you never hear you as you want.... And the thing is that on all the high notes ( glenn hughes things) i'm shouting more to get this bloody high C/D so i believe i give too much air on my throat and it irritate me.

The good part is that my voice is never shot the day after, and maybe it's was not so bad to have the soft palate irratated, it maybe means that i've got the right placement but wrong breath/support.

Thanxs for taking care of my problem!!

I just love this board

There you go! I'm glad your voice is back

I would've said cold too. I've never heard of anyone being "sore in the soft palate", haha;)

hahaha, but i'm such a strange kind of person lol.