In a message dated 2/11/2002 10:30:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, LeaAnn@k... writes:
> Singing uses LESS breathe than talking? Are you sure about that? Singing > at full volume uses less breath than chatting at tea?
absolutely! most consonants use more breath up than vowels (as singing usually stretches the length of words, vowels take up a higher percentage of the sound than consonants, in singing than they do in speaking). in fifteen seconds, if you talk at a normal pace, reading from a book, for example, you will lose more breath than if you sing a sustained note on a vowel for the same duration. try it. hold your hand about four or five inches from your mouth and do both. if you find you use just as much air singing the vowel as reading from a book, you're in trouble and that might explain your thoughts on breathing. if not, then i think you just suffer from a misconception based on an assumption.
mike
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