I have reached a point where I am so frustrated I don't know what to do.
In the past several months, I am having trouble negotiating the range of
D/E/F (below high C) when singing. There was a while before that when
these notes there were just coming out, but they were very light in weight
and timbre-not exactly shrill, but bright. As I have connected more of the
characteristics of the lower mechanism with my upper voice, I find that I
now am having major problems in this region. It feels as though it is
getting worse, not better. Some days the notes just don't come out. Well,
something comes out, but it sounds more like an ugly squawk. Particularly
when singing with consonants. Vocalizing with vowels alone isn't as much
of a problem. At the same time this problem has developed my upper notes
(above the D/E/F) have more weight and are becoming more stable and solid.
I've been studying not quite a year and a half, which I know still makes my
a vocal baby. I am working with a very reputable teacher and he assures me
I am on the right path. But how can that be? How can losing notes in the
mid-range be a normal part of my voice evolving? I do remember reading
somewhere Luc. Pav. saying that working to integrate the passagio can be
very frustrating for the first six months or so everything comes out all
wrong. Could this be what is happening? It doesn't ring true to me, but I
am grasping at straws for an explanation right now. I am very diligent,
practice daily, and do every exercise that my instructor has given me to
fix this. But I am so frustrated at this point with this development that
I feel like throwing the towel in and calling it quits. I really don't
want to quit, but it feels like paying good money and working hard just to
regress and beat my head against the wall.
Encouragement greatly appreciated.
Sandra
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