In cleaning out and rearranging things in my desk, I came across some notes I had taken a few years ago while listening to one of my vocal lesson tapes.  During my lesson, Maestro explained how singing opera is much more athletic than most people realize.  In addition, I remember him telling me that muscle strength is very necessary, but muscle coordination is as or more important than actual strength.  He explained that our muscle fibers have memory and that memory only lasts about 72 hours.  After 72 hours, they very slowly begin to forget what we’ve worked into their memory.  Well, that goes a long way to explain why I need much more time than I expect to vocally prepare for a performance after an extended interval of vocal rest.  Oh, ”extended interval of vocal rest” actually means that I’d rather watch TV than go stand at the keyboard and sing scales for 45 minutes.  Summer vacation’s over and it’s time to get back to work.

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