Sunday, September 26, 2010

Sing For Longer Periods Of Time

By Bern Rueda

One of many biggest challenges in singing is retaining a note for a longer time devoid of losing any sound quality. Millions struggle with this every year, but surprisingly it only takes a handful of small adjustments to solve the problem.

First, Your Breathing

The effective primary thing to work on is your breathing. If you can't take a deep enough breath and maintain it, of course you won't be able to sing for long periods of time. However, before the time that we work on holding your breath, you will need to learn how to breathe appropriately.

This takes focusing on the act of breathing. Not just is this is a powerful training tool, it is very restful. Stand straight, with your shoulders back and your neck erect. Breath in by way of your nose and hold the breath for a second.

At the moment, when you discharge the breath, hiss the breath out of your body. Do this by putting the tip of your tongue against the in just your front teeth and letting air out in a hissing sound - like a pump up raft being deflated.

The objective of this exercise is to train the entire core of your body to breathe in and out thoroughly. In the end, you should be capable to tap into a massive reserve of air that will allow you to sustain a note far longer than when you got set up.

Practicing Notes

You should spend between 10-15 minutes every day practicing your breathing exercises, strengthening your muscles and building up your stamina. Though, in short order, you'll have to start putting it to work with actual singing.

To do this, sing your scales but try holding every note a little longer than is traditional. Instead of releasing and breathing between each note, hold them for as long as you would enable the breath hiss. You can even time it with a wrist watch to ensure it is exactly the same.

Fitness, diet, and practice should merge to help you reach those very well extended notes and maintain your stamina for far longer when you go on stage next. - 40729

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