{"id":53,"date":"2012-03-27T10:09:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T10:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2012-06-28T23:34:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T06:34:56","slug":"vocal-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/vocal-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocal Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Singing should never hurt. If your throat hurts at any time during a practice session, stop immediately. Otherwise you can risk serious injury to your vocal cords.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you\u2019re always well hydrated by drinking water before, during, and after practice. Don&#8217;t let your vocal cords get dry.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid practicing or singing when you&#8217;re sick. Don&#8217;t practice if your throat is sore.<\/li>\n<li>Never strain your voice, and never exceed the highest notes you can reach comfortably.<\/li>\n<li>To take care of your voice, always strive for complete relaxation and comfort in your throat. The more deeply you breathe and the more fully you relax, the better you will sound.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid shouting while singing. As you get better at singing, you will be able to have more range, power, and dynamics without any feeling of shouting. You will also be able to pack more emotion into your performance, without feeling the need to shout or strain.<\/li>\n<li>Develop your voice gradually. Your muscles will need time to develop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singing should never hurt. If your throat hurts at any time during a practice session, stop immediately. Otherwise you can risk serious injury to your vocal cords. Make sure you\u2019re always well hydrated by drinking water before, during, and after practice. Don&#8217;t let your vocal cords get dry. Avoid practicing or singing when you&#8217;re sick. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/vocal-health\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vocal Health<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erolstudios.com\/SingersStudio-UserManual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}