During last autumn, I began having voice problems (loss of high range, rigidity of /i/ and /u/ vowels...). A laringoscopy showed that my cords were swellen and reddened. Then, I began working with a speech therapist about hard onsets and troaty speaking. Now hard onsets have bettered very much, but troaty speaking remains. High range remains a dream :-(
This afternoon, a laryngoscopy showed that swelling has gone, but reddening is still there (and the rest of larynx too is reddened). During this period I'm also examinating a possible reflux.
Another thing I find changed is the speaking pitch: once it was about B3, now it's about F3 (and, when I speak, I find F3 too tiring, too low!). The ent said that according to him, F3 is already rather high, because men's voices are usually in the C3-E3 area. He said that for a light tenor like me, F3 is right.
A thing: is it possible that all male speaking voices are contained in a so narrow space (2 tones)?
The ENT said that, looking my cords, my natural range should be about C3-C5 (like it was before the problem came), and I should try to work with the speech therapist (in speaking exercises) in the C3-E3 area.
I find it strange that is good to speak on the lowest part of one's own voice: wouldn't be better to speak on the middle-low part?
For example, you other, on what pitch do you speak? (in relation to your singing range).
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