Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tips On How To Sing For Longer Periods Of Time

By Bern Rueda

One of many biggest challenges in singing is retaining a note for a long period of time with no losing any sound quality. Millions have difficulty with this every year, but surprisingly it only takes several small adjustments to mend the problem.

First, Your Breathing

The simple first thing to work on is your breathing. If you can't take a deep enough breath and maintain it, of course you won't be able to sing for too long. However, even before we work on holding your breath, you need to learn how to breathe thoroughly.

This starts with focusing on the act of breathing. Not only is this is a powerful training tool, it is very unwinding. Stand straight, with your shoulders back and your neck upright. Breath in through your nose and hold the breath for a while.

Now, when you discharge the breath, hiss the breath out of your body. Do this by putting the tip of your tongue against the in just your front teeth and letting air out in a hissing sound - like a pump up raft being deflated.

The objective of this exercise is to train the complete core of your body to breathe in and out satisfactorily. Eventually, you should learn how to tap into a massive reserve of air that will allow you to sustain a note far longer than when you got set up.

Practicing Notes

You should invest between 10-15 minutes every day practicing your breathing exercises, increasing your muscles and building up your stamina. Though, in short order, you'll need to start putting it to use with actual singing.

To perform this exercise, sing your scales but try holding every note a little longer than is conventional. Instead of releasing and breathing between every note, hold them for as long as you would enable the breath hiss. You can even time it with a wrist watch to be certain it is exactly the same.

Fitness, diet, and practice should blend to help you reach those absolutely lengthened notes and maintain your stamina for longer time when you go on stage next.

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