Isabelle Bracamonte wrote :
<< I would think that singers would avoid
anything that builds muscle (and perhaps stiffness or
muscle-bound tension) in the neck, but perhaps the
shoulders could use some strengthening in a
complementory way?>>
How would it improve your singing?!
<<What about breathing exercises? I know that many
teachers have some exercises that their students begin
a session with >>
I use a lot of them, especially with beginners. Several physical exercises
that induce this or that kind of breathing... panting, coughing,
"moisturizing" (?!)... slow and fast [s] or [f], isolated or in groups, with
different kinds of breath intakes inbetween, [z], [v] and "th", lip trills
and tongue trills (also both combined) on various arpeggios, melodic
patterns, portamenti and sirens... I plan to present them on my web site
some day! I know of no teacher in France that use more than one or two of
them, if any.
I always go back to them when the breath support gets wrong.
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