On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 RRicciardi@S... wrote:
> Karen said
> "To breathe correctly I must
> first *release* any tensions that have accumulated while I was singing the
> phrase prior to the new breath."
>
> Karen, I find that trying to accomplish this is very difficult (but
> absolutely necessary for proper singing) - I hope it gets easier with
> experience.
Tell me about it! Like so much of singing, it's very Zen - doing by not
doing.
Also, it means unlearning habits that have been with me since early
childhood (if not infancy) - and THAT is NEVER easy!
Karen
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Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt,
Der in den Zweigen wohnet;
Das Lied, das aus der Kehle dringt,
Ist Lohn, der reichlich lohnet.
-- J.W. von Goethe, WILHELM MEISTER
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