Talking about Singing Breathing and Several Breathing Methods

Singing needs breath. Wouldn't it be better to try to breathe in? My friend, you must have had such an experience: you inhaled a lot of air because you were worried that you didn't have enough breath, but you still felt that you didn't have enough breath and felt uncomfortable when singing. This is because when the breath is too full, the breathing muscles are too hard, which leads to muscle stalemate, that is to say, too much breath will affect normal singing. In this active and relaxed state, we must first have a correct singing posture: moderately lift the chest, relax the shoulders, relax the neck, look straight into the eyes and smile (from the heart). Keep this posture, learn the following inhalation methods and experience the correct inhalation in singing. (1) Sigh and inhale: Sighing is a common phenomenon in daily life. It's relaxed and downward. Conducive to the relaxation of inspiratory muscle groups, so as to better inhale the breath. The specific way is to sigh first and then inhale. Your mind is mainly thinking about sighing, not inhaling. When the breath is exhausted with the sigh, that is, the work of the expiratory muscle group is completed, and then the inspiratory muscle group will immediately start to work and inhale, and this cycle is automatically completed. If you want to inhale, your inspiratory muscles will always be working and cannot relax, so it is difficult for you to inhale normally. Note: when you sigh, just breathe there, and don't make any forced actions artificially. Keep sighing in the process of singing, every phrase is like this, forming a good breathing cycle. (2) Smelling fancy inhalation: Smelling fancy inhalation is easy to make the air inhale deeply, and it is easier to understand and master without the inhalation sound and redundant movements. When smelling the flowers, people's mood is particularly pleasant because of the flowers. It is a feeling of relaxation and excitement to distinguish them with special care. Specifically, when inhaling, the upper body is completely relaxed, the waist line is very comfortable to relax, and then the chest also has a sense of relaxation. The increase of internal space makes the breath naturally flow in. This kind of inhalation is both relaxing and moderate, which makes people very excited and makes the chest feel spacious. Singing with this feeling of inspiration has a smooth breath and a mellow voice. You can open your mouth or close your mouth. When you shut up, you can't close it too tightly, which will affect the speed and flexibility of air intake. When simply practicing inhalation, you can use closed inhalation. When singing, it is better to open your mouth naturally and inhale through your nose at the same time. Whether you inhale with your mouth closed or your nose open at the same time, the most important thing is to experience the feeling of breath flowing into your body. (3) Sudden inhalation Sudden inhalation is to use the rapid physiological response of people when they are surprised to achieve the purpose of rapid inhalation. This kind of inhalation is fast and deep, which can make the respiratory muscles complete the cycle of contraction and relaxation in an instant and exercise the rapid flexibility of the respiratory organs. This inhalation is also called panting. It is better to express sadness and passion. On the one hand, we can learn and master the above three inhalation methods by doing some simple exercises, such as rapid inhalation and rapid breathing, rapid inhalation and slow breathing, slow inhalation and rapid breathing, slow inhalation and slow breathing. Not the main exercise, just the auxiliary exercise. On the other hand, it is practicing in singing, which is the main practice method. Because pure physiological inhalation is not combined with singing, it is impossible to get the deep and loose inhalation needed for singing, that is to say, good inhalation for singing can only be obtained in singing practice. In addition, according to the emotional needs of songs, there are some ways to inhale. For example, invigorating qi: when the mood lasts but you have to inhale, you can add some qi on the basis of retaining the original breath to keep the breath full. Stealing gas: used for breathing between phrases when there are many words and the tune is fast, the action should be agile, and the inhalation should be fast and less. The maintenance and application of the breath in singing friends have had such an experience. When singing, they often feel short of breath and breathless, and the more they sing, the more depressed they are, and it is very difficult. This is related to not being able to use breath and keeping breath. Although you breathe deeply, when you sing a song, your breath will soon float up, or it will soon run out. There is a momentary pause after inhaling, which is a natural short pause before using gas after inhaling. This pause creates a confrontation between inhaling and using gas. Try to take advantage of this confrontation when using gas. It can not only keep the depth of breath, but also make the breath even, smooth and lasting when singing. Think about it carefully, this kind of confrontation is actually a holding state of inspiration. Singing with a breath is just a feeling. In fact, no one can breathe in when singing, but with this feeling, the purpose of keeping breath can be achieved. This state can ensure the balance between phoneme and breath, and also keep the breath at a certain depth and unimpeded. In the process of singing, the more breath is not enough, the more it is necessary to keep this inspiratory state. The way to keep breathing when singing is to do silent exercises first. After inhaling, the tip of the tongue gently touches under the front teeth, making a silky sound. The longer you spit in one breath, the better. It is required that the exhaled breath should be even, steady and slow, so that the sound intensity is consistent. The slower and longer the exhalation, the more you can realize the antagonistic effect of breathing and sucking, and the strength of breathing needs to be consciously controlled. Traditional vocal music has a method of blowing candles to practice qi. Put a lighted candle in front of you, and don't blow it out when you blow it. It is required to blow the candle flame slowly in one direction, the flame should be stable and the swing range should not be large. After practice, if your lower back and abdomen feel sore, it means that you have found the right feeling of confrontation or control when exhaling. (2) Constantly sighing in singing. The phenomenon of lack of breath and breathlessness in singing is not only related to the inability to keep breathing, but also to the fact that the breath is not relaxed. When singing, you need to control your breath and keep it smooth and lasting. However, if breathing is controlled excessively, the respiratory organs and muscles will be stiff and inflexible. It leads to poor breathing and is difficult to last. How to keep the inhaled breath not stiff? The best way is to relax and sigh. The relaxation mentioned here is aimed at excessive stalemate. Sighing refers to the feeling of sighing, rather than exhaling all the gas in the body. Sighing is a habitual action in our life, everyone can do it, and it is easier to find a feeling of relaxation. While maintaining a positive and uplifting atmosphere, don't neglect to sing with a sigh, so that the atmosphere is not only deep, but also natural, relaxed and smooth. When singing with a sigh, you should pay attention to the sound not to be divorced from the breath, otherwise it will be divorced from the breath and it will be difficult to keep breathing. In other words, the sighing state and the inhaling state in singing exist at the same time, and neither side can be lacking. They make the exhalation not rigid, but relaxed, but not completely relaxed. This method of exhaling is also called kneading qi. It means that the breath inhaled into the chest is rubbed out slowly and flexibly by the muscles of the waist and abdomen like kneading noodles. When singing with a sigh, if you feel that your waist and abdomen are swollen but not stiff, your chest is expanded but not depressed, and your breath is controlled to flow out, then your feeling is basically right. Continue to consolidate this feeling. Second, the breathing method of breath training in singing is very important for playing wind music. Although it takes little effort to play the flute, it is closely related to the correct breathing method if you want to blow out beautiful timbre. China folk wind-playing music attaches great importance to understanding the human organs related to breathing, such as trachea, lung (divided into left lobe and right lobe), ribs, diaphragm, abdomen (abdomen), waist and chest. 1. Thoracic breathing is completely controlled by the chest. After the breath is inhaled into the lungs, it is squeezed out from the chest. This kind of breathing can't reach the maximum, the airflow is unstable, the breath can't last long, and the body is easy to get tired. Chest breathing is not recommended except for people with particularly good health, because it is not easy to control breath and is not good for health. 2. When breathing in the abdomen, the diaphragm sinks and the abdomen and waist are enlarged as much as possible. The folk saying is called the gas god dantian. When exhaling, dantian should stretch his strength and blow out the air evenly bit by bit. After repeated practice, this breathing method can be mastered. Abdominal breathing is the correct breathing method, which can effectively