annabelle wrote: << > I have always been taught that breath support is one > of the foundations of healthy singing. I have only > been studying for three years. But my teacher's > roster includes very successful and famous singers who > give all their credit to her. >>
there are a number of opera singers who believe breathing should be just like 'normal'. carlo bergonzi stated such in a master class i was at and i think piero cappuccili's comment was stated in the book 'divo'. in 'the four voices of man' jerome hines gives a catalogue of various types of breathing/support used in the singing of opera, one being the passive breath used in speech. he describes it as phonating on residual air, followed by a relaxation that creates an inhalation by vacuum.
mike
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