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by colin hod on March 7th, 2005

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Does phlegm diminish your singing range?

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  • by john lipian on March 21st, 2005

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    Yes, phlegm is a bad one to have for singers. Most of us get it at least during the cold months. It is the thickness that will determine how difficult it is to sing with.

    I agree that water is good for your singing voice, but it does not "wash away phlem from you cords". Since the vocal folds are in the trachea (windpipe) how could drinking water possibly have any contact with your vocal folds? If it did, you would cough like a madman.

    What it does do is help to thin the mucus, thereby making it much easier to clear away by coughing or by singing.

    Another great treatment is a medicine called Humibid (guaffenesine). This thins out the mucus to clear very easily and, unlike antihistamines, it will not cause the blood vessels to spread to the surface, which risks hemmoraging of the vocal folds. (NEVER sing with antihistamines!). But, as with every other kind of medicine, you will have to drik plenty of water with it, for it can cause some dryness.

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