Importance of Breathing Exercises

[FrankDeets]

I struggled with voice in the beginning when I was learning to sing. The main generator for voice is breath so it is important to know and develop proper breathing habits. Feel free to share some of your favorite and useful breathing exercises.

[Ashley1!]

Some breath control exercises that may help are:

 

Make sure your shoulders are not rising when you take a breath. If they are this indicates shallow breathing & will result in too much air pressure onto your vocal cords. You’ll likely get an initial blast of volume followed by very little else as your breath and therefore your voice quickly runs out. The cycle will then continue and become very hard work.

 

Your breathing should start much lower down with your stomach & diaphragm muscles expanding like bellows. If your stomach goes in when you breathe in, you’re doing it the wrong way round!

 

Lie on the floor, relax and breathe normally. You should notice as you breathe in your stomach and rib cage rise (inflate) and as you breathe out they get smaller again (deflate).

 

Practice doing short mini laughs with a breath in between – “Ha” breath “Ha” breath “Ha”. On every “Ha” make sure the stomach is going in and on the breath going back out. This breathing exercise for singing is good to practice this in slow motion to help develop control with your air pressure & flow. Think of squeezing a tube of toothpaste from the bottom up to keep that steady flow.

[pickyphone]

Some breath control exercises that may help are:

 

Make sure your shoulders are not rising when you take a breath. If they are this indicates shallow breathing & will result in too much air pressure onto your vocal cords. You’ll likely get an initial blast of volume followed by very little else as your breath and therefore your voice quickly runs out. The cycle will then continue and become very hard work.

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Your breathing should start much lower down with your stomach & diaphragm muscles expanding like bellows. If your stomach goes in when you breathe in, you’re doing it the wrong way round!

 

Lie on the floor, relax and breathe normally. You should notice as you breathe in your stomach and rib cage rise (inflate) and as you breathe out they get smaller again (deflate).

 

Practice doing short mini laughs with a breath in between – “Ha” breath “Ha” breath “Ha”. On every “Ha” make sure the stomach is going in and on the breath going back out. This breathing exercise for singing is good to practice this in slow motion to help develop control with your air pressure & flow. Think of squeezing a tube of toothpaste from the bottom up to keep that steady flow.

Wow thank you! Great post, I was also having trouble with breathing habits

[FrankDeets]

Awesome! I have often done the lying on the floor exercise to make sure my body is relaxed and my back is aligned properly.

[Vox Source]

Here are a few technics that has helped me and my students tremendously. The first one is the "Catch breath” technique. Stop your breath as soon as you end a note, and then you can inhale if needed. Don’t keep breathing once the note is over, or you will waste air.

This is also a good that really builds up your lung capacity.....Practice exhaling slowly. Pretend that you are slowly blowing a feather through the air. Let out an even stream of air to keep the feather floating, and make sure that your abdomen goes down as you blow the air out. I have also shown my students How to Dramatically Increase this Vocal Range through a report that I have rewriter for my students. I have put in a link for this FREE pdf. Happy Singing!!

 

[chadherrella]

breathe deep like your about to go under water. should feel like your taking a breath of fresh air outdoors.