The diaphragm is the septum that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. This septum can be tense and relaxed. For professional singers, the column of air rests on the diaphragm, which allows them to receive deep, rich sound without over-straining their vocal cords. A common mistake aspiring vocalists make is singing in chunks. You need to get rid of this habit.
It is necessary
- - mirror;
- - collection of chants;
- - Solfeggio textbook;
- - paper tapes;
- - candle.
Instructions
Step 1
“Singing with a diaphragm” is not a completely correct term, the definition of “singing with support” will be more accurate. Before you start singing, you need to feel this support. Stand in front of the mirror. Place your palm on your waist so that your hand can feel the lower rib. Take a very deep breath so that your belly swells up. Remember this feeling. Exhale slowly through your mouth. Take a few more of these breaths. This is an abdominal type of breathing. It is common to most men. As for women, they often have a chest type of breathing, when not the lower ribs are moved apart, but the upper ones. If you have chest breathing, pay special attention to this exercise.
Step 2
Learn to do a few more breathing exercises. For example, this. Stand up straight. Lower your arms along your torso. Take a quick deep breath, pushing your lower ribs apart, and then exhale slowly through your mouth, folding your lips into a tube. Repeat this exercise several times a day, trying to take a deeper breath and slow down the expiratory rate.
Step 3
Simple devices can help you learn to breathe with the diaphragm. For example, cut a ribbon out of thin paper. Breathe in. Bring the ribbon to your lips and exhale slowly, trying to deflect the ribbon as far as possible.
Step 4
Exercise with a candle usually gives a good effect. Place a lighted candle on the table at a distance of 1 m from you. Inhale, feel that the column of air rests on the diaphragm. Exhale slowly, trying to blow out the flame. Repeat the exercise a couple more times, moving the candle back a few centimeters.
Step 5
Try singing the chant. For example, the bottom four steps of a scale. Breathe in. Sing an ascending scale on one exhale. Take a breath and sing the same scale down. Control yourself by placing your hand on your lower ribs. When inhaling, the ribs should move apart, when exhaling, they should gradually move.
Step 6
Take your breath. Sing any sound. Pull it until your lungs run out of air. So sing the whole scale. You should constantly feel that the air column is resting on the diaphragm.
Step 7
Try singing a song you know well. You can sing along to your favorite artist. Before starting the first phrase, take a breath, sing the phrase as you exhale. In notes for beginner vocalists, the place where you need to take breath is marked with a "bird". You can find suitable exercises, for example, in the first grade solfeggio textbook.
