Whatever you practice most is how you will tend to do it. By practising singing sitting, you are developing into a really good sitting singer. This may or may not affect your development as a standing or moving singer, but you should practice what you're going to be doing. Sitting at an upright piano has the additional disadvantage of reflecting sound back to you in a way which differs from performance reality as well. Performances have enough surpirises anyway: we should prepare for what we can. john
>... at the piano, seated, while singing/rehearsing, one might develop the breathing muscles differently than when standing. ... and loss of control of the tone that wasn't present while seated at the piano. This difference was certainly negative in nature. >Could one develop some unwanted problems while employing this possibly self-injurious behavior at the piano? Is it an unavoidable occupational hazard? ...>Christopher Caleffi > .. John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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