BREATH CONTROL WHEN SINGING
Vocal control is impossible without proper breath control. It’s all in the exhale, your body already knows and automatically inhales without thinking it. You don’t have to ask yourself, should I take a big breath or a quick little breath? Your body instinctually inhales the air it needs without a though it. It’s all in the exhale and controlling the exhale in a slow steady stream!
Breath, air pressure and diaphragm support which are the key for controlling your voice. This core support helps with high notes, low notes, runs, riffs, vibrato, sustaining a note, ad-libs, slides, belting and so much more. To be able to control each of these techniques there must be a solid support system activated in your core. You feel a tightening of the muscles in your abdomen and rib cage (chest) area. As I’ve mentioned before, pretend you are blowing out a bunch of candles on a cake. As you release the air, notice all the muscles involved in that action and what it feels like. The muscles around the rib cage and abdomen constrict, that’s what you should feel as you exhale while you are singing.
If a line is too long and you need to take a quick breath, look for a place that make sense for both the music and the words. It helps to read the words aloud and mark the places where you naturally pause and take a breath. To mark the places by use a little apostrophe above the staff or if you just have lyrics, then place it above the words. The little apostrophe is called a breath mark.
JOKE FOR THE DAY:
“What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?”
“A flat minor.”
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