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How Much
Air Does It Take?
Here at The Daily Tip, I’m always
recommending more air in the voice. So just how much air DOES it
take to sing any particular note? Well, here’s the easy
answer: enough air to sing the note without doing the work in your
throat. Your vocal folds will definitely let you know when you
are NOT using enough air, because that’s when you feel all the work
load in your throat or jaw muscles. So how do we know when we’re
using the right amount of air? When you use the correct amount of
air support in the voice, you will feel nothing in your throat.
That’s right! NOTHING! “But how can that be?
Shouldn’t I feel myself working in my throat?” you ask? NO!
Absolutely not. When you are using enough air support, your
throat, meaning the muscles around your larynx, aren’t doing any work,
which is the way it’s supposed to be when you sing. If you are
feeling a lot of muscles working in your throat, you aren’t using
enough air support. |