• When we sing Sound comes out of our mouths at approximately 75 miles per hour.  It is 1/2200 second, from the time that the sound is made until it exits your mouth.
• When we approach higher notes, sound pressure builds up in the head often causing people to lose perspective of their pitch. Much like when we have headphones on and hear the same music in another room it sounds “flat” to what we heard in our “pressure” headphones.
• You should not eat within less than 1 1/2 hours before a show or performance. This will hurt support and cause regurgitation.
• You should avoid carbonated beverages before and during performances.
• Adult men and women have different sizes of vocal folds; reflecting the male-female differences in larynx size. Adult male voices are usually lower-pitched and have larger folds. The male vocal folds (which would be measured vertically), are between 17 mm and 25 mm in length. The female vocal folds are between 12.5 mm and 17.5 mm in length.  The difference in vocal fold size between men and women causes a difference in vocal pitch.
• Vocal nodules are caused over time by repeated abuse of the vocal cords which results in soft, swollen spots on each vocal cord. These spots develop into harder, callous-like growths called nodules. The longer the abuse occurs the larger and stiffer the nodules will become.
• With every 60 minutes of vocal use, you need 10 minutes of rest.
• Vocal nodules are caused over time by repeated abuse of the vocal cords which results in soft, swollen spots on each vocal cord. These spots develop into harder, callous-like growths called nodules. The longer the abuse occurs the larger and stiffer the nodules will become.

Nformi T. Ramses