Contact Ulcers (WAS: TRANSLATION: Grandfather and the dragon)

>> I'm going to try teaching by keeping my voice low.  No higher than
>> low E or F.  And see if this reduces my exhaustion after class.
>> And maybe, they'll strain to listen to me!!!  ;-)  I took speech
>> long years ago, and have forgotten its best principles.
>>
>>
>> Sally


Sally, lowering your voice artificially will relax your voice only if you
habitually speak with too high a pitch in the first place.

More likely, speaking with too low a voice will give your vocal folds
contact ulcers.

If I were you, I would make no conscious effort to govern the pitch of my
voice.

yes, I'm a speech therapist,

Jim