How do you breathe while singing?
Learn to Sing: Breathing
- Breathe deeply from your lower lungs - imagine a rubber ring around your waist (your diaphragm)
- Breathe in and try to push the ring outwards.
- Breathe in through your nose and out through your nose and mouth.
- Avoid raising your shoulders as you breathe in - keep them relaxed and level.
- Relax!
Can you sing while breathing in?
Inhalation for singing is quicker than in natural breathing. This enables us to inhale more air and send it deeper into our lungs. Air should enter our body easily and noiselessly. This can be encouraged by lifting the soft palate and relaxing the muscles of our throat, exactly as we do when we yawn.