Inhaling to sing
Singing songs requires getting a full breath quickly — a quick inhalation — because the orchestra can't wait five minutes for you to find the air.
1. Pretend that air is really heavy as you inhale. Visualize it weighing 50 pounds and let it fall low into your body.
2. Let it fall lower than your belly button. Explore this sensation.
3. Then let the breath fall in faster. Still visualize it being heavy but let it fall quickly into your body.
4. You can also fill your lungs as if you were going to blow up a balloon. You will feel your abdomen and lower back expand.
Exhaling to sing
Singing means that you have to control your exhalation. You want to have a sustained and smooth exhalation.
1. Try to blow the feather really high up in the air and use a long stream of breath to get it to go up.
2. Try not to collapse your chest as you blow the feather.
3. While chasing the feather with your breath, notice what moves in your body as you exhale. You should feel that your abdomen has slowly returned to normal and that your chest has stayed in the same position the whole time.
4. At the end of the exhalation, you should feel the need to immediately inhale again.
I found these two techniques really easy to follow as they really are broken down and are easy to follow.
Available at - http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/breathing-basics-for-singing.html - accessed on 19th January
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