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
Mike if you don't mind I would like to pass this email along to my teacher..I
shared these ideas with her at my last lesson and she said (well I won't tell
you what she said)essentially NO. I find that speaking uses a LOT less air than
singing. I did your exercise...in your words I am in trouble..what could that
mean?
Lea Ann
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