Singing voice therapy for the singing voice includes similar treatment principles as voice therapy for the speaking voice. Singing voice therapy basically focuses on the factors that cause problems in singing. Singing technique is reviewed from a rehabilitative perspective, taking into account structural or functional (use-related) problems of the underlying vocal cords and other laryngeal muscles.
What is the purpose of singing voice therapy?
Although voice training techniques are used in voice therapy, the main purpose is to treat and rehabilitate the voice problem, NOT to beautify or train the voice. Singing technique is studied to eliminate the problem of singing voice, to increase the quality of the singing voice, to give durability and strength to the voice, to protect the health of the singing voice and to prevent possible problems in the future.
Apart from the singers, actors, teachers and call center workers are studied. Singing voice therapy may also have an additional role in the treatment of professional voice users who work "for a long time" and under a "heavy voice load", such as imams and muezzins. In this group of patients, after completing voice therapy for problems related to speaking voice, singing voice therapy will be useful to maintain the soundness of the voice and increase its resistance to "heavy occupational voice load".
Singing voice therapy will be useful for patients who sing in what genre of music? Is it applied?
Singing voice therapy can be applied to all singers who perform different types of music (such as art music, arabesque, pop, folk music, opera, musical, rock). The goal of therapy is for the person to achieve a healthy voice in the type of music they perform, WITHOUT DISRUPTING THEIR OWN STYLE, and to continue singing with this voice.
What kind of exercises are done in singing voice therapy?
The exercises used in singing voice therapy have similarities with the exercises used in voice training. These are breathing exercises, posture exercises, resonance voice focusing exercises, lip/tongue trill exercises, sestenuto (holding the tone), glissando (voice shifting), staccato (staccato)-legato (connected) and nuance exercises, focusing exercises, anchor ( anchor) exercises, octave expansion exercises, etc. It is a singing exercise. The exercises used and the order of application of the exercises vary depending on the person's voice problem.
The singer/patient is trained like an athlete, and it is aimed to apply the sound production mechanism in a healthy way and at full capacity. With therapy, incorrect voice production habits are corrected and recurrence of the disease is prevented. During the sessions, the patient is given some home exercises as homework, and the patient must practice these homework regularly.
Who practices singing voice therapy?
Singing voice therapy. Practitioners are often vocal instructors. These instructors are generally people who have some experience in vocal training and are performers themselves. However, not every voice instructor/teacher can apply voice therapy.
It is essential for the voice instructor who performs voice therapy to have detailed knowledge of larynx anatomy, phonation physiology, diagnosis and treatment of voice problems. Must have made clinical observations with a voice doctor who is competent in voice diseases and should work in close contact with the physician. It is necessary to receive additional training on voice diseases, singing voice, and rehabilitating damaged or diseased voices.
It should not be forgotten that singing voice therapy is a treatment and rehabilitation method, so singing voice therapy must be performed by a competent person in an environment where he can cooperate clinically with the physician.
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