Does anyone know any good breathing exercises?!


Question: i am doing a song with a very long note and i cant hold the note out long enough. i really need some good breathing exercises

Answers: i am doing a song with a very long note and i cant hold the note out long enough. i really need some good breathing exercises
This answer I have given before seems to be helpful to other people, try it and let me know how that feels, if it doesn't work then I will think something different for you.

The diaphragmatic breathing will help your voice to resonate full and free of tensions; will avoid sore throats and vocal fatigue. That is why a good breathing technique is very important to have.

Here the short version on breathing support:

1) Lay down on your back and take notice of how your abdominal area moves easy up when you inhale, down when you exhale. No tension and nothing else involved in the process right? Ok, then next step.

2) Standing up, find the same breath process you did while laying down, notice than this time, the gravity is doing its job and there are other muscles involved that allow you to be standing up plus...your chest will be down or collapsed. Then, stand straight, do not over do it, just straight and raise your arms. Get one hand down slowly and find your sternum, get the other hand down and get it where your other hand is. Can you feel how high your chest feels? Right! that is the position we want. Did you move anything besides your arms? If you did, go back and try it again. Are your shoulders relaxed or up? If they are up or tense, go back and try it again.

3) Once you are in a standing straight position, then recreate the sensation of you breathing while laying down...It might seem that you cannot breath deep with this straight position, believe me it is possible, keep trying until you get the same relaxation process you experienced when laying down.
Note: If this was not enough trouble lol! your chest MUST stay up when you release the air.

4) Remember, never during this process you must experience any tension, try this in short sessions of 5-10 min. Once you feel comfortable with this, then you are getting ready to start making sounds. Get back with me and I will give you some exercises. But before anything else, you must master breathing. Good luck and HAVE FUN while getting to know your body and your instrument!
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    • I am a band student so breathing is easy 4 me. lol. But a good one i learned at camp is to take in as much air as you can then sip in more air. Continue to sip until you cant do it any more. Repeat it. After you should feel the tightness and the stretch. You have to do this daily. I hope i explained it well enough for you.
    One I know is: take a natural, relaxed breath over 4 beats (each beat is about one second), hold it in for four beats, and exhale in a hiss over either 16, 20 or even 30 beats more. The key is to sustain your breath and keep your ribcage dense and expanded.

    Oh good luck by the way!
    I will try my best to describe this! use a belt, tie etc and hold it around you rib cage with your clenched fists meeting atthe front of your rib cage. Breath using lungs, not diaphram and your fists should move apart. This breathing technique is good for long notes.
    Try singing the words Bella senora starting at middle c gradually getting higher, when u get as far as u can height wise hold the note for 5 beats and then end in a aaah sound and repeat
    ok hopfully that made scence!....

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