Singing Lessons : Singing Lessons: Breathing Exercises

[PickledIceCream]

Funny, cause thats how i naturally breathe.

[rsaintgerard]

You are such a life saver God blesss you

[PabloProductions01]

daaim im dizzy

[Bayww1]

I'm 83, and I counted to 33 the first time. I assume we just count after taking a deep breath and then hold our breath as we count.

[Catlover123445]

@Bayww1

No.. you do not "hold your breath" you are suppose to release your breath slowly counting how long it takes before all the breath runs out.

[TrobinT]

Note to self NEVER EVER! EVER! Take advice or lessons from Expertvillage, they should call themselves "fuckedupvillage."

[charlie5698isdabomb]

wait!, then how do i stop breathing from my chest and use my abdomen more often because i know that a peson just doesn't stop using their diaphram bcuz they will die if they don't; but how do i stop using my chest area from moving everytime i breathe?

does anyone get this question? if so can you please answer it?

[Disturbedcallimodel]

@charlie5698isdabomb A easy way to understand, for me at least, is to focus on your belly. Really let your belly increase, never being ashamed of looking fat while at it, coz it's just in the beginning

[CityOnaHillStudios]

I breathe from my diaphram naturally now but excersizes are still helpful :) thanks for posting this. vidoes help me stay motivated. alot of people dont 'realize that while some people maybe natrually talented in singing it still takes alot to maintian a professional sounding voice. alot of artists sound awesome but end up losing thier voice because of singing incorrectly or not warming up first.

[mslmatao]

wait... this is a legit question. will this make me fatter?

[MrToonkill]

@mslmatao haha..douche...yeh, good question.

[mirandarae512]

so effective!!!!:D

[MsOlivelover]

Thank you! :)

[78ladygaga]

Thank u so much this is going to help ALOT!

[12najjarinahmad1]

I am gonna do this from now on

[georgeyworge]

you have a lot of CDs

[walkingmess]

I'm not saying never breathe through your mouth, sometimes you have to. But breathing through your mouth will dry your throat and that's an inconvenience while singing, why do you think singers always carry a bottle of water around? Plus, it doesn't look good on stage haha... I say breathe through your nose and if you have a problems doing that you probably wanna go get that checked by a speeche therapist or an otolaryngologist.

[mandowarrior123]

@walkingmess Its not fast enough for singers, and when done fast the mic pics up a snort :P

[Joshmv14]

Isn't the 'Shh' Thing what pregnent women do ? lol :D

[milkywayxx1]

ooohhh! i needdd to try this! thank you!!! i really need to work on my breathing skills lol i hope this workss~~

[dmunki12]

I thought she was gonna sing that Feist song when she started counting.

[EdgyXD]

I got to 35, these are really helpful, I've heard of these excersises but I'm self taught, so I don't go to classes or anything like that, I don't even excersise my voice I'll just start singing or sing something easy to warm up a little but I don't excersise or warm up properly, but now I have to start!

Thanks for the upload!

[Countrychickidee]

thank you this really helps. Thats what im schooling for is to be an elementary music teacher!!

[mountaincuckoo]

Just what I'm looking for: simple, direct exercises that can easily be done every day

[walkingmess]

I think the lesson is great but a little tip for singers, don't breathe with your mouth cause the mouth is not meant for breathing. Always breathe through your nose.

[TheCivvy]

@walkingmess

But when singing, you aren't really supposed to sing/breathe through your nose are you?

[MusicTyroOfficial]

This is one of the better explanations of singing anatomy that I've seen.

[Satch3l]

I thought 25 was quite low to be an example :P I made it in my first attempt! Gonna keep exercising and see how high i'll get.

[HermioneWeasly12]

This is exactly the kind of exercises i was looking for I'm going to try these every day. :D

[little0boots]

my abdomen goes IN when i breathe IN....

[teskjetil]

@little0boots, I know, My abdomen goes IN too, when I'm not concentrating on making it grow out. I have a feeling this is going to help...I'll try do this.

[bilyar2martz]

@little0boots thats weird

[onelesslonelygirlll]

Really helpful. I can count to 20 now (:

[waterpon11]

Really useful, you don't realise what you're doing normally..funny really.

[sweetsugarl3aby]

heyy thanks this helped alott :)

[offthehook2]

Yep, as GaryProVox says, got a degree in all this stuff and breathing techique and technical correctly.

One question GaryPRO..VOC. Why you watching this video? OMG LOL. The degree must left some gaps eh?

[bunsenhoneydew111]

i cant tell cause im a fatass

[IamLegendTV22]

@bunsenhoneydew111 lol

[SonyaSunshines]

@bunsenhoneydew111 HAHAHA! common! 

[polly10022]

@bunsenhoneydew111 How do you think fat women manage to sing opera?

[AaliyahBrandyMonica]

you a really big help ALOT better then a nother teacher on here, and she says she has a masters dagree.........wright.

Thank you

[bhbunce]

This video is very informative for teaching beginning singers correct breath management. The only bit of information I would add is that singers should try to maintain the initial expansion they feel throughout a phrase (whether it involves phonating or simply a breathing exercise). Overall great video. I'm actually showing this to my high school classes today. Also, don't worry about ProVox. Your video is targeted towards beginners, not advanced pupils and gets the job done efficiently.

[gc0619]

Guess this is the diaphragmatic breathing! Pro swimmers all do this.

[Rafzorz1]

excellent video

[kazolnezoy]

thanks =D

[ThePoeticAngel]

wow this really works! Thank you so much. I need this because I'm going to be singing on my sister's wedding next year

[stasisnu18]

thank you for this wonderfull video! helps very much!!

[TheXan]

this is actually very helpful to beginners. Although counting on a high note could mean more mistakes to people who doesn't know how to sing. Your back will not expand much to be felt by your hand though. It expands but not to that extent.

[GaryProVox]

This is called "belly breathing" and is not the way professional singers breath for singing. Babies are not singer, and they are not yet fully developed. And this womans voice is not very good at all. Get your breathing for singing exercises from a professional voice teacher, not people like this.

[rrggusername]

all voice teachers will tell you to breath from your diaphram. All of them. If she is teaching elementry school music, then she was tought while in university to teach them in this way. Even my vocals teacher tells me to breath like this. Get your facts straight.

[GaryProVox]

No, all voice teachers do not tell you this. And just because she teaches elementry school, does not mean she was taught, or taught well. An since I have a master's degree in music education and vocal pedagogy and performance, I have the facts straight. Now, go get an educated voice teacher that was trained in modern vocal pedagogy.

[FizzGr]

yes, but here it isn't a university it is a simple guide. I don't sing professionaly and I want some basic instructions. If someone wants proper training he will go to lessons not watch videos on youtube!

[GaryProVox]

Wrong is wrong. Simple, basic... doesn't matter, right information can be simple and basic. If I told you 1+1=8, that's simple. It's wrong, but it's just as simple to tell you 1+1=2. You also have to look at the ethics of people who are obviously not educated enough to teach a subject, but does it just to get attention. Always remember, there is no shortage of people that can sing, we just have a shortage of trained voice teachers that went further then just being a singer.

[GaryProVox]

I have a master's degree in vocal pedagogy and performance from a university and I teach, this is not the professional way of breathing for singing. Many "schools" use anybody to teach singing. Professionally trained, modern singing specialist, like myself, are the top experts, and can spot a "poser" a mile away. Oh and anyone can open a "professional music school" which one do you go to?

[GaryProVox]

And I am mostly talking about the baby on its back analogy. When we lay down, our rib cage muscles rest and since we are resting, we just lower the diaphragm and let it recoil back. When we sing, exhalation is the most important part of singing. When you teach breathing for singing, you teach how to set up the exhalation process and how to meter/control the air and air pressure during exhalation/phonation. Anyone can breathe in, but breathing in for singing is different.

[rap2383]

she means that we should breathe the way babies breathe because they do it perfectly and undisturbed (because it's correctly automatic)

[GaryProVox]

Babies do not breathe "perfectly" for an adult singer, even a child. If you don't know enough about this subject, please spare us you guesses.

[rap2383]

yea i know... babies can't control their breathing for 'Singing' but the way they breathe is the ideal method, which is to breathe from the diaphragm. I know what she's talking about, like if you look at a babies stomach you'll see that it moves back and forth and that's how it should be. Ofcourse this lesson is a beginner's lesson. I did these excercises when I started singing.

[GaryProVox]

It is not the ideal method, and 'v heard your singing- get an education and stop beleaving the first thing you hear on youtube. I have a master's degree in vocal pedagog- spare us all you uneducated backwards opinions. Some of us actually went and got an education on this subject. And quit getting your information from morons and babies.

[rap2383]

oh thanks for checking my cover :), but I just started taking singing lessons this year (you can't really expect someone to be that good in a short amount of time). Nice, congratulations for your master's degree. Yea I believe you that you got an education, but would'nt you agree that a good breathing technique is breathing from your diagrahm and seeing your stomach expand, right? we don't need to fight.

[GaryProVox]

No, you concentrate more on expanding your (lower) ribcage, and while you are singing, try not to let the ribcage collapse too much. You need to find you an educated voice teacher- not a failed singer; you deserve not to be yet another generation of misinformed singers.

[StepmothersTeeth]

Great, simple, to the point lesson! thank you :)

[ebdb8]

great..I like to feel my my stomach and abs bouncing...thanks..:)

[codythehorse]

thx! this helps lotz!

[Viczor6]

thank you so mutch

[demsterr640]

great techniques, they really work

[wonderland1979]

Great teaching lesson! Thanks for the Help.

[ArtificialAdams]

I feel lightheaded O_O

[vogueprinzon]

thank you so much....

[kdog5377]

Thank you =]