What is the Indian scenario in Voice management among singers vis–vis the practice in advanced countries?
In the west, every music school has medical specialists like a laryngologist to analyze the structure of the voice box of every student and a voice specialist to determine the use and the scope of the voice box. Based on these observations a suitable pitch is recommended for the student. Music schools also use the services of a psychologist and a musician to evaluate the students aptitude for learning music. Only after these provisions are fulfilled students are admitted to music classes. Even after admission the team of specialists monitors the vocal usage of music students and helps them enhance their voice skills effectively. Here in India people tend to associate voice problems with voice disability and speech impairment only and this is vastly different from voice care and conservation. Students do not take music lessons with such elaborate preparation as in the West and internalize the pattern of singing set by their Guru. But the awareness of Voice Management is slowly picking u
