Joy at singbabysing.com gives part 1 of a breathing exercise designed to control the amount of breath you let out so that you can control your voice better.
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Glad to be of assistance. I hope you’ll go to my website and ready about
breathing there. Oh, and be sure to tell your family and friends about
these things! Thanks.
Hey, you are a great teacher! you are fun and i can understand what you say
easily. Cheers!
Thanks and tell all your friends! Don’t forget to use my website too, for
more info and help.
Do them as often as you feel comfortable doing them. Sometimes close your
eyes and just feel what’s going on around your vocal cords, your jaw and
tongue. Keep as relaxed as possible and totally enjoy!
My shoulders should not move should they?
You’re right. They shouldn’t move. If your shoulders pull upwards, it can
tense up the vocal area.
hi! i tried dis and i dont hear a hissing sound lyk u did…do u have to
make a hissing sound??
Am I glad to see this!! You’re doing a wonderful job on this! Erm…I have
a question…could you answer it? Although I’m hitting the right note, the
sound that comes out isn’t sharp and clear. I don’t know what’s wrong.
Yes…
Hey, thanks. Hmmm, does it feel muffled?
Yes…well at least it does when I record myself singing and listen to it.
This is a really important observation. What our voice sounds like to us
inside of our heads is very different from it sounds like in the outside
world. If you haven’t already done so, read the articles that I have on my
website redesign section and try applying the info from them & recording
yourself to see if anything makes a difference.
Okay I will. Thanks for your help. 🙂 I don’t have any music lessons in my
grade so it really helps.
No music lessons? I’m really sorry to hear of it but I’m really happy to be
helping you, especially since you like musical theater.
hi! i tried doing this and i can do it fine but i was wondering could you
listen to me singing and could you tell me what i need to improve
on..thankyou. please leave a comment on my profile. 😀
🙂 Thanks. Btw, i’m going to record my singing and upload it on
youtube…would you check it ou for me??? It’ll really help if you do.
Thanks for everything. 🙂
Hi. I only answer from this site, sorry about that. But I did watch your
video (the visual part didn’t play though). Here are a couple of pointers:
work on getting your pitches absolutely clear. Scales will help. Also, it’s
easy to pop the “p” sound into a mike when singing, so watch out for that.
Tried going to your site but the Phantom graphics wouldn’t let it load
quickly enough for me to look at it. Sorry about that.
Oh I’m sorry about that. I’m going to upload it soon so when I do, I’ll
comment you on your page. 🙂
Thanks so much for the helpful videos. Great work!
You betcha!
Great questions. There’s an odd thing in singing that requires both tension
and relaxation at the same time, both with breathing and phonation (making
sound). The main thing with the exhale is to let it out evenly, without
large bursts all at once. This requires control but not locking your
abdominal area with tension. Check my article called Joy’s Breathing on my
website. There’s a fantastic link there that shows the diaphragm in motion
from the Stough Institute that can help you.
ive been doing alot of ur diaphragm techniques but instead of my stomache
going out when i breath in its when i breath out.. wat should i do?? also.
if ur diaphragm gets stronger would that make the voice richer cause when i
sing i cant reallly make it like more rich its just like a flat sound.?? i
have a lot of questions :]
Better breath control (stronger diaphragm and knowing how to control it)
will produce a better voice. Try this: lie flat on your back with your
hands at your sides. Uncross your legs. Just breath. Don’t think about what
you should or shouldn’t do. Let the muscles do what they naturally do. Now
rest your hands over your belly and just breath. Observe what happens.
Next, put a book where your hands were and breath again. What happens?
o ok thanks ya i think i kno how to breath now xD haha thanks you.and um..
do u happen to know any good vocal coaches around the dc area?? 😀
Trust me, I worked hard at learning how to control my breath to get the
most out of my voice so I encourage you to work hard too!
Thanks. Sorry, but at this time I don’t make recommendations for voice
teachers. That may change in the future, however.
does smokin kill a persons singing voice
Doesn’t kill it but it’s definitely not good for it. The other problem with
smoking is the high risk of cancer. I don’t want to scare you but I’d sure
like to encourage you to kick the habit if you smoke.
You are most welcome! I hope you’ll tell all your friends about these
videos.
this is a reply to my own comment, but… it helps A LOT for me to do this
on my back and then when I get the stream, I’ll sit up and try to keep it
as long as I can. I do the dog pant twice for one minute and I do the slow
leaky tire twice as long as I can after the dog pant… four sets of each
everyday!!!
is 30 seconds good ?
I started at 30 seconds and within about 10 minutes i’m up to 49!!
well.damn how much air did she breath in…lol
Hi, Have you watched my dog pant video yet? That helps to show what happens
with the stomach area when the breathing is natural and how you can
increase your voice power by increasing your breath power.
Not as much as it seems! It’s just muscle work.
Shes mad
Awesome!
Amazing video! How long do we have to practice like this everyday? Any
number of optimal sets that we can do? Is something too much and can hurt
you in the long run? 20 min? 30 min? More?Less? Thanks for all the help!
Thanks for your kind comment! Good questions too! In fact, they are so good
that it will take too many words to answer it here. So, I’ll answer it with
a blog article at my SingingMasterMind blog site. Youtube won’t let me type
the URL in this reply but you can find it at the top right side of my
channel or by googling “singingmastermind” as one word. I hope you don’t
mind that I use your Youtube name in that article. Go to the site, click on
the blog tab & you should see your answers there.
I now feel that I can sing in front of others and do it very capably.
How to nail difficult songs with complete comfort by learning to release tension in your voice!