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How To: Breathing Techniques (What (I Think) I Already Know (Ribs expand…
How To: Breathing Techniques
Word Bank
Adjectives
Sufficient
Efficient
Verbs
Sing
Vibrate
Produce
Collapse
Breathe
Nouns
Diaphragm
Lungs
Ribs
Vocal Folds
Larynx (Voice Box)
Posture
Tone
Breathing
Inhalation
Exhalation
Adverbs
What (I Think) I Already Know
Never take a breathe from your shoulders/Don't move shoulders up and down.
Breathe from the stomach/diaphragm.
Ribs expand as the lungs fill with air.
Breathing is very important when it comes to singing with the correct technique.
When you are talking, or "humming," you can feel the vibrations of your vocal folds when you put your fingers up to your Adam's Apple, or lack of.
Whispering is bad for singers: The vocal folds aren't closed enough and so a lot of air is pouring out at one time. This is why singers cannot hold a long breathe/note while singing lightly/in a whispering tone.
Correct posture: Stand straight, with an "S" curve of your back.
Breathing in: Inhalation. Breathing out: Exhalation.
Figurative Language
Example of singing like a whisper (letting go of air with no cap): It's like pouring water into a bowl with a hole in the bottom. It makes no sense, and the water will fall out of the bottom very quickly (if the hole is not patched). (?)
Or filling up your gas tank with a hole in it. There's no point. The gas will just leak out at a quick rate and you won't be able to drive for a very long distance. (?)
What I Need to Know
Vocal Folds/Chords inside your Larynx are constantly vibrating to produce sound, The muscles surrounding your vocal folds need to bring them together so when the air from your lungs pass through, it causes the vibration.
When you're breathing normally, the air passes through the vocal folds easily. Because you are not making any noise, the chords aren't vibrating, so you can not feel the "hum" on your Adam's apple.
The open vocal folds is great for breathing, but is very bad for singing.
Some people sing like they whisper: their vocal cords close sufficiently to make sound but not enough to stop additional air from leaking out. The cords can’t resist the air sufficiently to make a clean, clear tone so instead the singer sounds breathy.
Most singer's problems are not about how much air someone takes in, but how efficiently they are using the air.
If someone is taking a "Shallow High Breathe" (through their chest and shoulders to fill their upper lungs), the rib cage will collapse faster, causing a breathy sound.
When you breathe in, or inhale, your diaphragm contracts and moves downward. This increases the space in your chest cavity, and your lungs expand into it. The muscles between your ribs also help enlarge the chest cavity. They contract to pull your rib cage both upward and outward when you inhale.
How The Lungs Work
What the lungs are: Pyramid shaped organs residing in your chest (under the protective ribs) that allow your body to take in, and hold oxygen. They bring oxygen into the body, and send carbon dioxide out of the body (waste).
