is STILL not being able to sing well. My voice has been on the fritz for the last five weeks and the concert is tomorrow. I couldn't even chant the Thanksgiving for Light correctly last night. I'm still going to sing the concert, but very quietly. I am so ready for the voice to be back to normal - I hope in time to sing the Christmas liturgy and hymns! Grr. It gives new meaning to "O Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare Your praise."
I love to sing, but I'm not the greatest singer. Nonetheless, I love to belt 'em out loudly and joyfully (probably to the dismay of those around me!). when I hear a superb voice I often think how wonderful it would be to sing praises to Him with such a voice. Do you suppose in heaven I will?
ReplyDeleteI believe in heaven we ALL will!
ReplyDeleteI've been having the same problem the past few months - it's been an unusually bad cold/allergy season down here. Can still sing, but nowhere near my usual capacity.
ReplyDeleteWas particularly bad since we had a full performance of Handel's Judas Maccabeus before Thanksgiving, and I was singing in several of the small choruses as well as the larger one...
Luckily, God doesn't mind how horrid we sound on Sunday morning. ;-)
Maria,
ReplyDeleteI expected you to comment on the Te Deum business on the other thread!!!
I sure hope you mend soon. I have a friend that suggested I am having these problems since I got the flu shot. I'm beginning to think he may be right!!!
just be glad you have a voice. Laura tells me that at choir last night, the other sopranos either were simply mouthing the words, or looked like they should be in bed because of fever... and that was just the sopranos... with the christmas concert sunday night.
ReplyDeletethis bug is a nasty one, lasts about a week. so far though it has stayed away from the parsonage!
Voice problems are an occupational hazard for pastors. (And other wordsmiths, too). The bottom line is that the best thing you can do for a voice issue is to stop using it -- the voice, that is. A moratorium on speaking is good, if it can be done. Failing that, a moratorium on unnecessary speaking will help. Hydration to the point of embarrassment is good, too. Starting off the day with a half-gallon of water (I'm not exaggerating) over 30 minutes, and then another gallon through the day. Adding a bit of salt will probably help the throat to feel better. But silence whenever possible is the best thing you can do. Maybe you could set up a power-point presentation and do the sermon by that means. Or how about showing a movie in lieu of the sermon? That's always helpful and groovy, too. Failing that, have someone do a puppet show. (Yes, I'm kidding. About the puppet show, anyway).
ReplyDeleteYou could let your computer read it with Windows Narrator (See Start -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> Narrator).
ReplyDelete(ponders the Invocation delivered by Narrator) :)