| Proper Breathing is an essential part of singing well. If | | | | and diaphragm. Feel your chest and diaphragm |
| you want to develop a good vocal range or improve | | | | expanding but make sure to not move your shoulder |
| your stamina it is essential to follow proper breathing | | | | muscles. Leave your abdominal muscles loose and let |
| techniques. So follow the exercises given below if you | | | | the wave reach your stomach feeling the stomach |
| want to learn how to improve singing. | | | | expand as you fill your lungs entirely. |
| A proper breathing technique is essential for breath | | | | Exhale and try another deep breath this time once |
| control, stamina and to increase vocal range. If your | | | | again feel your chest and stomach expand with no |
| breath is restricted to your chest you will never be | | | | movement of the shoulders. The expansion should be |
| able to get the floating voice quality or hit the really high | | | | outwards and not upwards. Feel your chest, |
| notes. Most of us are prone to faulty breathing habits | | | | diaphragm and stomach expand. Feel the muscles at |
| which we follow since we are children. And we take | | | | the sides of rib cage expand. This is the correct way |
| that into our singing as well when we grow up. | | | | of breathing for a singer. |
| If you find your chest and shoulders moving when you | | | | Exhalation Exercise |
| inhale you are not breathing properly. Most people will | | | | For this exercise you will need a lighted candle placed |
| not follow deep abdominal breathing for fear of looking | | | | about 8-9 inches away from your face. Inhale deeply |
| fat. But you cannot sing powerfully or get the really | | | | as you have learned in the previous exercise |
| high tones unless you use deep abdominal breathing. | | | | expanding your chest and abdomen with no |
| Another wrong notion among singers is that noisy | | | | movement of the shoulders. Exhale letting out the air in |
| breathing equates to deep breathing. But if you | | | | the direction of the flame, bending it in the process not |
| breathe noisily it is indicative of a constricted throat | | | | flickering it. |
| which in itself signals an incorrect breathing technique. | | | | You will need to breathe out in a steady stream and |
| The correct way of breathing is to breathe deeply yet | | | | not in gasps in you want to bend the flame. Count |
| silently. Try breathing in sips instead of gulps which will | | | | silently to mark the time for which you can keep the |
| put more pressure on the lungs. Your stomach should | | | | flame bent. These exercises will help you to achieve |
| move effortlessly with each inhalation. Here are a few | | | | the breath control needed to sing a long phrase or to |
| exercises which will help you to breathe correctly. | | | | keep up the high note for a long time. Try to increase |
| Inhalation Exercises | | | | the amount of time of steady exhalation each time |
| Start by lying flat on your back. Take a deep breath | | | | you try this exercise. |
| and feel the wave of movement start at your chest | | | | |