How to Breathe Better for Singing, Part 2: Inhalation
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- If you want to learn to manage your breath well when you sing, you first must have some breath to manage! In this video I discuss the anatomy and coordination involved in inhalation and how to make this component of breathing for singing more efficient.
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Such a relaxing voice that you have!
Thank you!
Großartig, plausibel und leicht anzunehmen was sie sagen!!
Vielen Dank
Thank you so much for this. It is indeed very helpful...
I thank you, Dr. Friedlander, for sharing your knowledge about "Breathing Better for Singing". Teaching young singers or reminding the mature singers, who already know the basics, about the anatomy and co-ordination involved in inhalation and exhalation is precious information. Visualizing, in the Studio, how all little pieces of information come together, and practicing vocalizing slowly with patience can bring great results to a clear, well-supported singing. I do agree with singers being well-informed about the anatomy and coordination involved in breathing, before starting singing, because it is the foundation of a high quality singing. Dr. Menorah Winston
This has been so helpful ! Thankyouu
Great lessons. I am an older guy learning to sing. Although I have been singing for years I felt it would be beneficial to learn to properly. You have provided several key factors that will aide me on my journey. Thanks and I look forward to more lessons.
Thanks a lot for this video! Lots of love from Turkey
I'm glad I waited for this second video to comment on the diagrams. They were really helpful. Thanks for sharing!
I love it, you’re the best! 😊
This is excellent information thank you for doing this video
thank you for the excellent explanations!
Thank you Claudia
I didn't realize that I haven't been breathing for so long now! Wow, thank you for such helpful advice!!
You are very welcome, and thank you for the feedback!
This is so very helpful, thank you! I'm currently recovering from vocal polyps (I'm also in speech therapy) from being a teacher and a singer, and all this information helps me breathe more mindfully and relaxed. I'll definitely try some of the core stretches with good breathing. I have much to learn about actual sound production- I learned in a very traditional setting with no cover or much concern for the tone. I want to return to singing correctly, but I am confuse about a few aspects of breathing. Namely, you said in another video with the Barber aria for her to keep the ribs expanded- I have always tried to "breathe down low" I guess or to stay still up top- Are expanded ribs like when one breathes "on top" and the chest inflates, and your're saying to still inhale from the diaphragm? Idk why it confuses me; I guess it's a lot to think about. I just want to have good breath support!
You don't know how helpful this is for me. I had spent the last few years trying to effectively do "diaphragmatic" breathing in order to sing more effectively and I misinterpreted the majority of the idea to the point I have problems with my left SCM muscle. Now I realize that I didn't have the correct elongated spine (although I did practice the chin tuck). You are awesome and beautiful and I laud you for being such a Good teacher. You are doing the world a favor with these videos. Keep up the Good work and God Bless : )
Thank you so much 🙏 I'm so happy that you find this material helpful! Keep in mind that when you can't move the way you want to, it's usually never one localized thing, because everything in the body is connected to everything else. And I find that well-coordinated breathing is a great inroad for exploring where your body wants to release tension.
Great video on inhaling. Ok. Now the next time I'm in the gym I'll drape myself over one of those stability balls. I'll probably be able to inhale pretty quietly and be pretty relaxed. However when I try to get back up on my feet I'm not promising I'll be able to do it without grunting and groaning pretty loudly. But if I do I promise to have really good breath support! Thanks for sharing your knowledge for free here on RUclips. Yee haw!
Hi Dr.Friedlander, great videos!
I was wondering if weight training on the neck like making your neck 2 inches bigger or just working it out with resistance and the shoulders will this affect the voice? Make it more tense deeper?
Hello Claudia, I have written to you before and I have just watched this video, and you have made me confident that I breathe properly when singing, because I have done a lot of work on breathing, but doing it whilst listening to you made me breathe even better I feel. Also I love your diagrams because I have a great imagination and can picture "my insides" as I do these exercises. I always do arm and leg stretching every morning before I shower, then upper body exercises (arms, torso, head) before I vocalize. But you have given me food for thought with the exercises you show in this video. Thank you enormously!
When all is said and done, everyone has to be their own voice teacher because no one else can play your unique instrument. I think just taking the time to feel and explore the way you breathe and the impact it has on your singing is such a valuable thing to do - for me, having a concept of what the anatomy is actually doing is quite helpful for this process.
@@ClaudiaFriedlander Yes, you are so right, and like you say in your videos, everyone is different. Yes I know what you mean about having a concept of what the anatomy is doing, because after watching your videos this morning, when I did my upper body warm up, I applied some back stretching too (I also stretch my back in my early morning exercises) and also when I started to sing, and I thought my singing sounded (and felt) stronger. I just sang The Merry Widow Waltz a short time ago, and it was my most powerful rendition of it so far though it is not to my full satisfaction yet for uploading! Have a good day.
So clear, and useful, thank you. I have one slight, very picky from a professional performer perspective. I agree that we need to allow breath in via a relaxed throat, Most Important. And that the sound of the in-breath should not detract from what the performer is expressing. I couldn't help noticing that I can hear your in-breaths, as you speak. Very subtle, and very reassuring. Because this is something that registers profoundly, however unconsciously, with the listener - that breathing is happening, that real living in the physical sense is occurring. I find few things more unbearable than listening to an audiobook in which the sound engineers have cut out all the breaths. Audiences breathe with the performers, and good performers who know how to pace themselves, their phrasing, their intentions, are working with this, whether they realise it or not. It certainly doesn't mean we should signal our breathing, or stay tense in order to do so. It's just part of expressing our humanity. (I did say it was a very picky point!). Thanks again for sharing your wonderful expertise.
I often point out to my students the importance of breathing "in character." I agree that how we breathe is a component of the expressive process. Sometimes we see an artist effectively expressing their character and telling their story while they're phonating, but then when it's time to inhale they briefly turn into a singer working their technique, or a singer making sure to come in on time, etc. When the character is anxious, sometimes the breathing has to contribute to that (e.g. Mozart writes this into Dorabella's aria "Smanie implacabile" and there are many such examples).
@@ClaudiaFriedlander So very true! Ain't it grand! Thank you again.
When Barbra Streisand made her first album she demanded that the breathing sounds-very audible sounds that the engineers thought too loud-be put back in- as they were essential to the song.
The 'impulse breath', breath jerk(Lilli Lehmann-not a bad singer or pedagog), 'artistic breath', -other names -was taught for centuries- along with high chest breathing and position- reference Caruso, Tetrazzini and countless videos of great singers doing things that are extremely different than you are suggesting. I'm not saying you are wrong- but their results show that they were certainly not wrong-at least for for them and their singing.
When breathing in character, how does silent breathing reflect having been shot, stabbed, shocked, thrilled, etc? This is opera.
Anatomy varies tremendously, so do nervous systems, sensations and expressive tendencies. It doesn't seem logical that one specific type of breath process would work for every singer.
@@Metaphizico We have inherited so much extraordinary information from the great teachers and singers of the past! The way that singers use breathing to define character and drama is part of what defines them as artists, and I completely agree that there is no specific breath method that will work for every singer. My aim in this video is to discuss the anatomy and movement of inhaling as objectively as possible and present information that is common to all, foundational to the breathing and expressive strategies that individual singers develop. My point is that the *ability* to take a silent, efficient breath is necessary for all singers, so that an expressive or noisy breath is a *choice* rather than a default. You will likely never hear a singer in Caruso's or Tetrazzini's league regularly take noisy habitual breaths - when there is noise during aspiration it is serving their expressive purposes. However, you will hear many, many young voice students habitually take quick, shallow, gaspy breaths in between every phrase of a song in ways that detract from the emotion and message. I made this video to help them develop better coordination so that they can control whether or not their breaths are audible.
Para los que no entendemos Inglés, Por favor sería bueno que incluya sub título en español ,gracias
I'm starting to sing, but when I do sing, sometimes my voice silence for a second . Wonder why? It's like my voice turns into very low volume for a second, then I hear myself again. Can you let me know what am I doing wrong?
What do you think of breathing into the back?
Where does she teach at?
I teach at my private studio in New York and also online www.liberatedvoice.studio