Caio, I think you missed the piece, or page, of the puzzle that puts Seth's explanations on Page 25 and 26 into perspective. Here it goes, page 27 "Breathing for singing is a very relaxed process. When we say you can regulate it, we only mean you allow it to happen so that inhalation and exhalation are done in a way that best suits your musical needs. You do not have to work at breathing correctly, unless you have poor posture or a tendency to raise your chest and shoulders and take shallow breaths. Nor do you need to do any special exercises to strengthen your breathing muscles. Your diaphragm, rib muscles, and abdominal muscles are already strong enough for your needs as a singer. If you maintain good posture when you sing, and are careful not to let your chest "collapse" as you exhale, your diaphragm is able to move freely and be regulated by your abdominal muscles automatically. There is no need to consciously exert tension in those muscles. If you try to directly control your breathing muscles when you sing, the extra tension in your body will only cause your vocal cords to overtense- to jam up. " ----- The main thought being in all of this is that there has to be the balance of air and muscle while singing.............balance of these two things equals support. The imbalance equals effort and strain...........the sad thing, and this is Rocio's point, is that many voice instructors focus on the result of proper singing........ie support, resonant tone, etc., as the process to get the result.................SLS focuses on keeping singing as simple a process as possible so that the singers energy is focused on delivering the music and not one's technique....... Hope this clarifies, Mary Beth Felker Seth Riggs Associate/SLS instructor.
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