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What the
Heck Is Breathing
“from” the Diaphragm?
The short answer is “low breathing,” which is
different from how most people breathe. The diaphragm is a wide
flat muscle that sits at the base of the rib cage. It is the
relaxing and contracting of the diaphragm muscle that causes us to
breathe at all. You cannot take a breath in without the diaphragm
creating suction and pulling in air. However, most breathers have
tense abdominal muscles, which forces all the breath up into the upper
chest. Take in the biggest breath you can take and notice what
your shoulders and upper chest do. Do you now have “simulated
football gear” forced up around your shoulders and neck from taking in
a big breath? If the answer is “yes,” you are not breathing
low. So when singing teachers and chorus directors keep saying to
you “sing from the diaphragm” or “breathe from the diaphragm” they are
wanting you to breathe down low into your abdominal cavity with a
relaxed torso, rather than the stiff breath that forces your lungs and
chest up toward your neck.
For more information and lessons on how to learn the low breathing
technique, visit www.sing-in-tune.com for the “HOW TO BREATHE FROM
THE DIAPHRAGM WITH EASE” course. |