Do you know how to breathe correctly when singing? Are you able to sustain your notes and phrases, and are you getting as much vocal power as you possibly can to belt out those notes?
Well, if you’re breathing correctly you are! When a singer takes a proper breath before singing a phrase and maintains correct breathing posture, they have increased power, the ability to support themselves on high notes, and the ability to HOLD notes for a pretty long time.
Lots of teachers have different ideas about correct breathing techniques. Here is the way that I have been taught, by most of the authorities I’ve dealt with on the subject. (I find it works FAR better hands down than anything else going around)
Picture your rib cage, all around from your front connecting all the way around your back, with a deflated inner tube underneath it. When you take a breath in, imagine that inner tube filling up with air, all around you, so your ribcage is expanded all around. Your shoulders shouldn’t be rising, only your sides expanding. When you exhale, don’t let your rib cage collapse. You want it to stay expanded while you’re singing.
Keeping this breathing posture allows for louder, higher, longer notes, and a better performance from you!
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Thoughts? Comments?
Elisha
