The key to having enough breath is found in taking a large enough breath
not just before the long passage, but the breath before it as well.

Phil Richards

beardedtree28 wrote:
> There is one thing that concerns me about this. Yes breathing through your
nose can fill your lungs, but there is one thing that breathing through your
mouth really benefits over singing through your knows, and that is to help with
proper placement in order to create the ultimate resonant sound by lifting the
soft palate and giving you space for creating the best overtones. Breathing
through your nose fills your lungs, but leaves the mouth with nothing, meaning
all the more work that you have to do to get your voice into the best placement.
It also might have a tendency to cause a droopy sound that might cause you to
dig at the sound versus float on top of it to get the best resonance.
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> This is just my thoughts, if someone more knowledgeable would be willing to
share their $.02 that would be great.
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> Alex Donaldson
> Bass in the Great Northern Union (Hilltop Chapter)
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> --- In BBSBasses@yahoogroups.com, "george.luken" <georgelj@...> wrote:
>> Gentlemen: I discovered another secret and you tell me if it works for you.
Do you have problems on tags or just long passages where you don't seem to have
enough oxygen to make it through the phrase?
>> Close your mouth and pull the air in
>> through your nose only, the warm air warmed by your nose that you use
>> for singing will let you belt a tag out or make it through a phrase like
nobody's business!
>>
>> What say you? George Luken
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