>Jeffrey Joel wrote..
>I would like to add to Lloyd's comments that I notice a slight difference
>in my breathing between singing and speaking: when I sing (or when in the
>past I played wind instruments) I am much more conscious of the pressure
>on the air column coming from my diaphragm.
Dear Jeffrey,
I feel that ex wind players have a certain advantage here.
In a choir where I sing next to ' one of these,' the man has fantastic
breathing control, stupendous sight reading ability but no tonal
ability at all. I sometimes wonder how I could diplomatically suggest
attention to lessening the 'control' and freeing the vowel.
Diplomacy not being my strongest point.
My teacher demonstrates the same support during
singing as speaking but says also that she specifically uses it
when delivering adjudications. I would dearly wish to have the
support system function equally well in both modes but fear that
bad habits become most prominent in every-day speech.
Do you have an answer to this?
Regards Reg.
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