Breath Support for Strong Clear Voice (Diaphragm Breathing and Exercises Voice Therapy)

Having adequate breath support is very important to have a clear strong voice. Why? It’s because air is what powers the voice as the air moves out of the lungs between the vocal cords causing them to vibrate. If there’s insufficient air, then the voice will be weak no matter how perfectly the voicebox is working. As a corollary, that also means if not enough air enters the lungs, then not enough air will leave the lungs either.
Abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing is required to achieve good lung volume of air. Also known as belly breathing, the diaphragm muscle is activated moving downward into the belly with inhalation. This causes the belly to push outward.
In contrast to belly breathing, chest breathing also known as thoracic breathing, moves the ribcage instead of the belly. With chest breathing, less air flows into the lungs resulting in short, quick, and shallow breathes. Belly breathing is slow and deep.
Belly breathing is also more energy efficient as it only requires diaphragm muscle movement. Chest breathing uses chest muscles to inflate the lungs by pulling on the ribcage which is more energy intensive.
Here are some exercises to help achieve good belly breathing to help your voice be strong and clear.
Special thanks to Ronja Petersen ‪@singgeek‬ who provided permission to reuse several video clips. The original video she made can be found here: • How to Breathe when Si...
- Diaphragm Anatomy (0:26)
- Chest vs Belly Breathing (0:42)
- Posture (1:30)
- #1: Inhalation and Exhalation (1:48)
- #2: Book on Belly Supine (1:59)
- #3: Book on Belly Upright (2:25)
- #4: Fist Over Mouth (2:38)
- #5: "S" Sound on Exhalation (3:02)
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[@Gray-Today]

For some people, a simple thing like this needs a very simple explanation. And I mean, people like me. Thank you. The term "deep breath" just never got through to me.

[@Stewart-Franklin]

No one has ever taught me how to breathe, I’ve always been a chest breather. Thank you for this video!

[@EdwardPrah]

This is really helpful. Thank you.

[@thelostadventurer4684]

Wow thank you so much, great video.❤

[@aletheamusictt8255]

Very very good and informative video!

[@barbaracimini1447]

Oh lord! I’ve been doing it wrong all my LiFE!!!!😫

[@Vidgirl8]

I would like to use this video for a course on singing. How would I get permission to use this?

[@StephenMooreOfficial]

I guess I'm lucky cause I've always belly breathed naturally. Unless I'm yawning or something

[@user-lf5rw1to8j]

رائع🥰

[@fajsaljugosloven8625]

👍

[@aileenkapphahn1015]

😂😂😂OMG. she is so wrong. If you just wany air to breath, you already do it, that's why you are still alive. But it is very wrong to think you can sing better or speak better following this advise. My belly hurts just think about it .

[@danielverbeeck7203]

We all subconsciously breathe, we also subconsciously stand up but that doesn't mean we have good posture all the time. Same goes for breathing, there is in fact an improper way to breathe that will affect your muscles and alter your speech

[@HarshKS2]

R u even a singer or speaker or just blabbering nonsense w such confidence w/o knowing actual mechanism?

[@richguy1246]

It’s not too late to delete this comment

[@HarshKS2]

Ok, I'll clear it one more time for better understanding.. there's a difference between uncontrollably blasting ur vocal chords w all the air u holded VS using specific amount of air required to speak,sing acc to volume n pitch.