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September 19, 2005 #11
FEATURE EDITORIAL
Another Martial Arts
Singing Discovery
I am making new discoveries on the still-being-developed vocal
technique! This new one is in the area of balance. If you
have not seen that documentary "XMA" that I recommended, I highly
recommend that you see it, even if you have no interest in the martial
arts! (Incidentally, I had no interest in martial arts before this past
March, but it has made such a difference in my singing that I'm a
complete nut about it now!) While watching the documentary,
I developed a hunch about balance that I have been seeing over and over
again in the martial artist who have been kind enough to let me observe
them. This weekend I got a special treat from two black-belts who
performed their routines in quite an interesting setting. We
hiked to the top of a mountain and sat on rock formations at the
top. Mind you, this area was FAR FROM a flat and level
surface. These rocks were large and fairly sloped, yet the two
black-belts were still able to perform all their moves, rarely loosing
their footing, even when they had to leap through the air or kick as
high as their heads.
So here's part of the balance discovery, but it's in the form of an
experiment: sing your favorite song while standing on one foot
and see if you can make it through the whole song without wiggling
around or falling over. If you can make it through the whole
song, lift one foot up and place it on the inside of your opposite
knee. Sing the song in this position and see if you can maintain
your balance for the whole song. In both of these positions,
notice what happens to your breathing while you are singing this
way. (Hint: the five different black-belt martial artists
I've observed do not lose their breath at all while they are doing all
of these moves, even when they are on one foot for a long time!)
Do these exercises and see what you can discover for yourself about
balance. How can you incorporate that into your singing?
Email me at info@sing-in-tune.com
with your progress and good results or any questions you may
have. I'd especially like to hear from those of you that have
studied martial arts!
For those of you in Canada and on the West Coast of the United States,
I also have a great recommendation for some short weekend courses with
one of the Aikido masters that I studied with over the summer. If
you would like more information on his courses or what he does, please
let me know and I will forward you his contact and course
information. He does really great work!
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