Proper Breathing Techniques for Singing

Proper breathing techniques for singing are vital to producing the right sounds and effects the quality of those sounds even more.  Mastering a breathing technique for singing is therefore an important step to becoming a better singer.

Here are a few exercises that will help you breath more correctly to hit the right pitch and hold notes longer and stronger too.

1. The Slow Blow

Start off by filling your lungs with air. Do this  right down to the bottom of your abdomen not just the top of your lungs too to achieve a more diaphragmatic inhale and exhale.

Let this breath out as if you were blowing through a straw but also make sure that you do this slowly. This will help you understand breath control and is a great way to strengthen your lungs and learn proper breathing.

Make sure this is so slow in fact that if you were to light a candle in front of your mouth the flame may flicker but would not go out from the force.

2. Adding a Note

After doing the slow blow about 10 times make sure you feel ok and then try adding a note to this. As you breath out sing a note but hold your control and slow breath as you do this.

Dont aim for too high a note, just a comfortable note in your speaking range will do. Each time you do this try a different pitch also and continue this several times.

3. Volume Changes

Ok, hope you are doing well so far. Now it is time to throw in something a little more complex!

Change the volume of the pitch you are singing for the next breathing exercise. Go from soft to moderate and back down again but as you are doing this keep the exact pitch. Do not change your note or let it go sharp or flat only adjust the volume.

Repeat this several times at different pitches.

4. Timbre Changes

Ok, I hope you are good at doing that rubbing your tummy and patting your head at the same time because we are going to throw another task into the mix.

These next breathing technique for singing involves everything you have done before but this time as you singe the note and change volume you need to also change the timbre of your voice while doing it.

Singing through the vowels or singing random sounds by adjusting your tongue and lips will achieve this change in timbre and will be a challenge while controlling your breath, volume and maintaining the same pitch but if you can master this then you have proper breathing techniques for singing that will help you be a better singer in no time!

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