How The Singers’ Breath Improves Overall Health

“Belly breath!“, the voice teacher instructs the beginning singer. What is a belly breath? The student never asks because they are confused. How does your belly breathe?

A student or parent will call me asking about voice lessons for their student. I always spend a good half hour with a prospective student to win Choir of the year experience, age, prior musical experience, previous instruments that they may have studied, and to get a feeling for the student. What I hear over and over again is “my voice teacher told me the bellyb”.”

so I’ve probe the student to find out what they know about breathing add most of the time they will tell me that the diaphragm he’s used to belly breathe. So why then go on to ask what the diaphragm is and that’s where they are perplexed.

So why the confusion? in my experience Voice teachers make an assumption that students understand the process of breathing. They take for granted that the student understands the anatomy and physiology of the breath. From my years of experience I can tell you that about 10% of the people I run into understand the processes involved in breathing.

So let’s get down to the nuts and bolts Piri you breathe in air through your nose or mouth and into your lungs. The diaphragm, hey curved muscle that separates your chestSo let’s the nuts and bolts Piri you breathe in air through your nose or mouth and into your lungs. The diaphragm, hey curved muscle that separates your chest