Members Masklin Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 I have an idea Grace - buy 100 balloons and inflate them all. Perhaps afterwards, you can sing with the power you claim you don't have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jersey Jack Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 I agree that singing from the diaphragm is an inaccurate term, but it's one of many that vocal coaches use to evoke responses in areas of the body that we don't normally have intuitive control over. It is true that pitch is created by the throat, but it does students no good to think in these terms--that would inevitably produce tension in the throat and neck. Controlling pitch, rather, ought to be an unconscious process in terms of the throat; you just do it in the same way that you just walk across the room (i.e., you don't say to yourself, "now I'm going to send a signal from my brain down my spinal cord to contract my left gluteal and thigh muscles...", etc.). Rather, you imagine a sound in your head and your throat just does it. Singing from the diaphragm is a way of distracting attention from the throat so that it can respond to commands from the brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beach1 Posted September 18, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 I thought it was pretty self-explanatory that when someone says "sing from your diaphragm" it just means singing while using your diaphragm for support rather than your voice/sounds actually coming from your diaphragm.. I mean isn't that how it's commonly meant when people use that expression? Anyway, yeah, that's how I meant it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Consume Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've said it before and I'll say it again. The PTD-1 breath trainer. It changed my life as a singer. I found out about it from Jaime Vendera. He uses it, and one of his students sells it. You should not be pushing "out", you should be pushing DOWN.The link to it is in my signature. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 I have an idea Grace - buy 100 balloons and inflate them all. Perhaps afterwards, you can sing with the power you claim you don't have? Well, all I can say is there'd be a hell of a lot of soggy and UN-inflated balloons on the floor when I'm finished. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Masklin Posted September 19, 2012 Members Share Posted September 19, 2012 Definition of 'finished' would be the moment when they are all inflated, be it after a week or a month. Think of the benefits! It's fun, because balloons are fun, and it might just fix your 'problem'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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