Breathing correctly and it's affect on voice/projection. Anyone dealt with this?

Andromeda1985 · 2017-07-27T15:59:30+00:00

Posture is part of it, but it's more about breath control. It should be no surprise that a lot of BP guys are going to have this problem, so you're in the right spot, a lot of us have dealt with this.

1) use your diaphragm more. when first starting, many vocal coaches will tell you to use your core muscles (push your gut out when you breath in, engage your core when speaking/singing). You can probably you tube some videos and get the basics. practice breathing slowly and deeply at all times. The side bar also mentions your actions should be slow and deliberate, make your breathing slow and deliberate. This should also improve your physical endurance. using your full long capacity also psuedo-forces you to use better posture. you can't easily fill your chest with air and maintain crap posture.

2) good posture will help: shoulders back and down will help open up your chest, allowing your lungs to expand more easily. Back straight will help ensure your piping doesn't have any kinks and air can flow smoothly. Yoga and regular stretching improved my posture very quickly. My back was killing me the first week of posture correction, lots of muscles I wasn't used to using. lots of videos on youtube to help correct posture. I believe many of the fitness subreddits have links to great videos and you can work on your posture while working on your lifting.

3) For tone/sound: make the mmhmm sound loudly with a clear and open throat. Focus on how that feels in your nose/nasal cavity (the vibrations) and throat. every words you say should feel like that. this helps to ensure you're using everything at your disposal to make your voice sound as good as possible. a simple exercise is to count to 10 with an mmhmm between each number. focus on the feel of the sound in your throat and nose/nasal cavity. again, you can youtube videos for this. you should do that anyway, as i'm doing this from memory.

thegreasygerman · 2017-07-27T15:23:16+00:00

Perhaps you're not breathing deeply enough to start with.

As a poorly trained vocalist, I know only enough to be dangerous about breath control. But you may be exhaling your reserve too fast in the first few words. Breathy talkers can have this problem. Try restricting just a bit at the back of your throat and focus on evenly and steadily contracting your diaphragm.

jm51 · 2017-07-28T06:34:03+00:00

Have a lit candle 12" from your face. Practice talking quietly until the flame barely moves. Then keep increasing the volume.

Adamn27 · 2017-07-27T14:44:21+00:00

This could be wrote by me. I have the very same problem.

It's really annoying. Sometimes I don't even start to express my tought verbaly because I know it would be weak and powerless by the end of the sentence.

Don't know the answer though.

Maybe a speech teacher?

Title	Breathing correctly and it's affect on voice/projection. Anyone dealt with this?
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Date	July 27, 2017 2:28 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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