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Singing in the cold
November 28, 2014
3:16 pm
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OwenKorzec
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Those with more experience, could you share the basic implications of singing in cold weather?

How cold is too cold to sing, and can a good vocal warm up and/or drinking hot beverages physically warm up the voice enough to combat it?

This is the time of year that my studio starts to gets cold unless I plan ahead and block of a few hours to build a fire and get the wood stove going to heat up the place. That's optimal of course but if I can avoid it I'll just suck up the cold, dress warm and just make it happen (what I do for other instruments), in favor of the ability to start right away and use all the time I can actually recording. But now I'm wondering whether it's okay to suck it up and sing with the studio at 0-10 degrees Celcius or if there's a certain temperature you guys would consider starts noticably compromising agility/range/etc.

Obviously I'm dressing warm, but of course the head and neck remains exposed. Would a scarf help?

It's also interesting because I can't feel in my body that my voice is cold...I just hear myself sing and notice I'm losing control and I'm like, oh maybe it's the cold. Is this true with everyone or could I develop a better sensitivity to it?

November 28, 2014
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I don't have a valid, scientific and/or Government approved answer and I apologize for that. Laugh

But "for me." Like anything else I just warm up. The voice or vocal folds and muscles involved are no different than any other muscles in the body. How many singers (raise you hand) run or do light exercise and stretching of the whole body before singing or vocal training? You can't warm up specific muscles or target muscles or spot reduce. If that were the case then people who chew a lot of gum would have skinny faces! Right?

So if it's cold, warm up the whole body. If you are going someplace cold to work, then warm up the voice before getting there; then warm up the whole body upon arrival and after that warm up the voice again. Steam would help as would hot liquid. In cold, contraction is a problem. The key word is loosen. Wink

"It's not how many notes you know. It's what you do with them."

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