In a message dated 10/1/00 8:03:09 AM Central Daylight Time, linda@f... writes:
<< > Rocio Guitard wrote:
> We don't teach breath support as an active > part (in the sense of "teaching the student how to breathe for > singing") unless the natural way of breathing of a specific student is > poor.
Don't you find that is the norm rather than the exception, though? At least in beginners? >>
No, the problem is that adduction of the folds is so messed up that excessive airflow is needed to engage bernouli. Get the prephonatory tuning of the folds to line up better and less air is needed. You can work on breathing all you want, but if the way the cords line up before voice is created it will be all for naught.
That being said, if after you think that the cords are postured right and there is a left over breathing problem (too much air destroying the correct posture) then you deal with it. Not first though but secondly because the governing agent in how much air is needed to engage vibration is the prephonatory tuning of the folds.
Randy Buescher
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