Just before I left Cincinnati, my teacher and I had a great breakthrough. For the first time, I was hardly using my throat to support at all, which is a very very good thing. The down side is that all the effort is transferred to my diaphragm. OK, technically that's a good thing, but HOLY CRAP it's a lot of work! I went from having relatively easy - if poorly sung - high notes, to having to work my ass off to sing even a middle C. Seriously - arias that were cake for me before last week, now make me feel like I just did 100 sit-ups.
Sounds like "effortful singing", right? Well, I seem to be able to sing all day without my throat getting tired. Only my diaphragm gets exhausted. But WOW does it get me exhausted!
So now I'm doing weight training for my diaphragm. And by the end of the day, I really feel physically tired. It's good, but it ain't easy!
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