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Subject: Re: teachers: your technique, in a nutshell. SLS
Date sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 10:00:32 -0800
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>>What is the relationship between breathing and support in SLS.

Regards / vriendelijke groeten, Laurie Kubiak <<

We'll correct students on poor breathing posture, but we won't impose a
specific posture either. As soon as we get the students vocal cords to close
properly throughout his/her range, eventually there will be no more air
escaping uncompressed, and breath support is the natural result. Not to
paraphrase, but if the cords aren't closing, air leaks. If air leaks, you
can't compress the air, and "artificial" breath support becomes absolutely
useless.

If by support you meant +when+ to breath in a singing phrase, I usually let
my students "do their instinctive thing", and if it's not working, I'll show
them how, but usually it's not a problem since they've learned how to make
their cords close and they don't run out of air that easily.

Best!
Rocio Guitard
Speech Level Singing Instructor