Reg:
It took some time for your suggestion to sink in about excess breath. I have recently noticed that I was indeed having to exhale at the end of a scale before going on to the next pitch. After experimenting with taking less air and, as you say, let it flow out at a relaxed rate.
This will take some attention on my part to be successful with.
So far I have been able to reduce the exhalation at the end of a scale but not emiminate it. There is still a small residual amount of breath left that one of my old teachers used to call releasing before taking the next breath.
Would you kindly comment on this?
Thanks very much.
Best regards,
Bob.
--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., Reg Boyle <bandb@n...> wrote: > I'd like to make a suggestion that you ensure that > you are not overbreathing. > > When you have completed the phrase, even if it has > been a scale such as a d major in triplets to the top > f sharp and back, you should not have to exhale before > taking a new breath and repeating the run. > > Check that you are simply taking a NEW breath and > NOT exhaling before you take it. If you are exhaling at > the end of the run then either you took TOO LARGE a > breath or you did not allow it to flow out at a relaxed rate. :)
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