How to Get Your Voice Back in Shape

Learn strategies from vocal coach Charmaine Brown for how to get your voice back in shape (or in shape for the first time!), especially if you’ve come out of a season of less singing/vocal training—and sing along with vocal exercises designed to relax your voice and build more strength and endurance!

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Natalie Reyes November 5, 2022

Such great tips and workout, learned so much!
-I realized that I definitely enjoy the SOVT exercises the most.
-Learned the importance of taking it slow when working to get your voice back into shape and the exercises that are considered light and harder on the voice. It’s important to press (healthy pressure) but also lighten up and not be so heavy at once.

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1. Charmaine Brown November 10, 2022
  
  Great takeaways!
  
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Sydneybosman September 30, 2022

I love the talk of healthy eating being key in taking care of our voice. It’s like any instrument that it has to be cared for and this is such a huge part of that! Thanks for bringing that to light and not shying away from the topic.

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1. Charmaine Brown September 30, 2022
  
  For sure!!
  
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Debbie Holland September 10, 2022

Good video. I have so many vocalist that deals with throat issues. In our area we have had a drought in our area for several years, hardly any moisture, and lots of allergies. They still sing on Sunday, but I know that they are dealing with a lot. We use a lot of throat lozenges and lots of hot tea and water.

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1. Charmaine Brown September 15, 2022
  
  I hear ya! It’s challenging with dry air!
  
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Sarah Cross August 23, 2022

Oh man girl first trimester pregnancy is no joke! It’s amazing how we forget about it when we want another baby. And now your little man is here!

My takeaways
Overtraining leads to straining. More is not better.
Loved the analogy of SOVT exercises compared to doing a workout in the pool.
Also laying off and putting the pressure back on with different sets of exercises and relating it to interval training. Very helpful analogies for me.

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1. Charmaine Brown August 25, 2022
  
  The Lord helps us forget haha! I’m still close enough to it that I remember how brutal I felt… but the memories are starting to fade!
  
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sharminee July 31, 2022

Adding things to my coaching tool belt from this lesson for sure. Really also loved how you diagnosed the first lady’s hoarse voice and helped her vocal chords close using the “g” in “Goo, goo”. Such an intentional and beneficial exercise I can use with my students. I am chest-dominant so the suggestions to Kimberley (love her mix btw) are useful: embrace my lighter tones as part of a songs dynamic journey. I don’t need to sing strong at every point. A controlled light is ok!

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1. Charmaine Brown August 1, 2022
  
  For sure! So important to have these tools in our tool belt!
  
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