DO YOU RUN OUT OF BREATH WHEN YOU SING?
Running out of breath while you are singing is very common. Sometimes songs have layers of vocals and it’s impossible for one individual singer to do it all. Other times there is no break in the vocals and a singer does not have enough breath to finish the line. Another instance is when a singer has a note to hold at the end of a phrase and runs out of breath.
What is a singer supposed to do when they run out of air? There are a few ways to handle the problem. If you are a fairly new singer, take a quick breath before getting to that point. Mark it in your lyric sheet and find a place where you can take a quick breath.
The long-term solution to the problem is to strengthen your breath support. By strengthening your breath support you use less air as you sing. This will allow you to sing longer before the next breath. It’s not about inhaling more air. It’s about using less air exhaling as you sing.
The best way to strengthen your breath support is through vocal exercises. In my voice lessons, I will tell a client to try and do two riffs of an exercise with one breath. In two weeks try to increase it to three riffs with one breath. For instance, practicing scales normally you would do one scale with one breath. Now try doing two scales with one breath. Increase the number of scales with one breath of air. Another way to build strength in this area is bubbling (lip trills) or r roll (tongue trills). Do the same procedure as scales, one breath with one bubble run and increase one breath with two bubble runs. Now bubble or r roll throughout the entire song you are working on.
Breath support will stabilize your singing voice with a consistent and reliable sound. It will allow you to sing from a place of freedom, power and comfort.
JOKE FOR THE DAY:
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