Breath Control
When you sing, it is important to control how much of your breath comes out, so that you don’t run out of breath too quickly. This is called breath control. Here are some exercises to help you improve your breath control.
Exercise 1
Slowly blow up a balloon, using slow sustained breaths controlled from the diaphragm. The idea is to take a comfortable deep breath and then breathe into the balloon using an even, sustained amount of air pressure. Repeat this until the balloon is full.
Exercise 2
Sing the sound "la" and keep it sounding for as long as possible before you run out of breath. The less force you use as you sing, and the more you breathe from your abdomen, the longer you will be able to keep the sound going.
Class Sessions
1- How We Sing
2- The Note B (ti)
3- The Dotted Quarter Note
4- The Eighth Note
5- The Note A (la)
6- The Lead-in
7- The Three Four Time Signature
8- The Note F (fa)
9- The Note E (mi)
10- How to Read Music
11- A Word About Pitch and Timing
12- Bar Lines
13- Diction
14- The C Major Scale
15- Posture
16- Breathing and Breath Marks
17- The Octave
18- Breathing
19- Singing Along With Others
20- Learning More About Music
21- Breath Control
22- The Keyboard
23- Melody
24- Sol-fa Syllables
25- Referring to the Keyboard
26- How to Find Middle C