CAUSES OF
VOCAL FATIGUE

CAUSES OF VOCAL FATIGUE

Because singing is such a coordinated function, the list of causes might
seem repetitive. However a singer should NEVER experience vocal fatigue.
If he/she is singing correctly, the voice should not tire.
Never should a singer feel fatigue after a lesson.
Hoarseness should NEVER occur after any voice lesson unless
the singer is executing the instruction incorrectly.

Causes:

Smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages.

Belting: using too much chest voice pushed up to high in the scale.

Using a technique with a tight solar plexus during singing.

Singing with a high larynx.

Singing with a low soft palate.

Singing with a forward jaw position.

Singing with the vocal cords too far apart or too squeezed together.

Pushing too much breath pressure through the larynx.

Incorrect posture; dropped chest or hyper-extended chest.

Singing with the head posture pushed forward from the spine.

Use of mouth vowels instead of pharyngeal vowels.

Unsupported singing; lack of connection to the resistance of breath pressure
in the lower back and abdominal muscles.

Speaking with a lower tone than the natural tone of voice.