Il Punto d"Appoggio-The Point of Leaning of the Breath

[@hidegohandaru]

Mr. Trimble, I'm glad seeing you in a healthy condition and still teaching enthusiastically :) Hope you and your family are always healthy and safe in this covid-19 pandemic.

[@lisavanderploeg1237]

Thank you Michael! What a thrill to wake up and have another video. There is so much wisdom here. After working with you personally for several years, I'm seeing how these principles set me free. This is truly a gift. My heart is on fire! Much Love!!!

[@dbanksey216]

This is just amazing, I put my breath stop and leaned at the centre of my chest and suddenly I have a very rich full sound, that I can't achieve any other way. Everything about this feels like my throat should be locked up, but its not, its completely free, there is zero tension. Also you don't have to push to come across pretty loud, it just naturally happens, but you can back it off.

[@R.C.Bullar]

Breath of fire has absolutely changed my practice forever. It completely frees my throat. Thank you Michael T

[@mizabmalikrobertwilliam8162]

How you did that?

[@R.C.Bullar]

@@mizabmalikrobertwilliam8162 when you do breath of fire correctly and then base your speaking and singing from that position of freeness in the throat. It makes everything easier

[@mizabmalikrobertwilliam8162]

@@R.C.Bullar what is breath of fire exactly means?

[@BlessYourHeart254]

I’m loving the COVID PSA you worked in there. Maybe the news should be sung like this!

[@kd8476]

Hi Mr. Trimble. Are you going to make video about belting? I have seen many videos on KZbin about this topic but there is no useful information for opera singers.

[@medicine00000]

I've watched every video about breath leans Mr. Trimble has published, & read his book multiple times. I still have no idea how to do it or what it should feel like. Like trying to understand colors if you were blind.

[@nvthanh1994]

Rewatch it, someday u will understand. And dont overthinking about his words !

[@bodiloto]

@@nvthanh1994 Suppongo come hai capito tu ?! Cosa aspetti di cantare meglio di Caruso , Gigli , Merli ?! … In bocca al lupo ! il vecchio

[@musickfreek]

You need a vocal coach to do exercises with you so that you can give them feedback in real time about what you are feeling so that they can adjust what you are doing in real time as well. That is the best way to understand this concept, connect with it and reproduce it. This isn’t something that you can discover just by reading and/or watching others.

[@CwjrB3]

This is great as always. Please keep these videos coming and your insightful snapshot lessons of your wonderful students. Im curious of how tenors, especially in the spinto and dramatic repertoire, how they exclaim or yell using the appoggio and never harm the voice. I listen to Robert Merrill and Richard Tucker for example singing at the 1972 Met Gala. And just before Tucker sings the big Bb in the Forza Del Destino duet, they both appear to be yelling on pitch but keep the voice well directed without harming themselves. Then Tucker finishes with a big and huge high bb. How do they yell and keep control of the diaphragm and the pressure off the throat? Could you explain this in a future video as well?

[@Tenoretrimble]

Christopher, they are not yelling, but talking loudly. You can demonstrate for yourself by yelling hello across the street and then talking loud enough to be heard across the street.Yelling, as at a football game, can be very dangerous to the voice and sending the breath to the voice in a "yelling gust" is dangerous, indeed. Speaking loudly in a sustained fashion can be exhausting to the diaphragm, but not harmful to the voice unless the diaphragm and/or rib cage become too tired to sustain the even emission of the breath and 'gusts" of air begin to leak and 'SLIP OFF THE DIAPGHRGM", especially one note at a time. Singing loud all the time can become very damaging to the voice over time and should not be attempted by young singers. Do Yoga, swim long distances, play a wind or brass instrument, or hike while doing the Caruso breathing exercises and develop the voice to be big and powerful without having to speak loudly all the time. Remember the old saying in the history of great singing....THE BIGGER THE DRUM, THE BIGGER THE SOUND. Develop the breathing and you will never need to yell or to speak with effort. All the best, Michael t

[@CwjrB3]

@@Tenoretrimble thank you very much for explaining.

[@andrewautin9692]

do you lean and breathe stop at the same time. that is where i get confused. because I interpret leaning "aka sighing" as allowing the breathe out. Which is contrary to breathe stop. Please help. Thank you

[@Tenoretrimble]

Andrew, the first sigh is directed downward and inward behind the chest and the breath stop is at the bottom of the air column at the bottom of the sternum. the second sigh bypasses the sternum and does not stop until it reaches the navel. the third sigh is back and down the spine and stops at various levels depending on the response of the singer It stops as soon as the lower back responds and at that squeezing level. it is variable, depending on the depth of the breath development. It usually begins at the waist line in the lower back and can develop into a bypass method the bypasses all of the breath stops and turns into a continuous motion method (singing is inhaling, for instance) by never stopping but passing through the entire spine and out the bottom and into the cosmos! a point of leaning of the breathe from the lower back up against the sternum or Epigastric area is automatically a breath stop and works very well. I hope this helps. Michael t

[@jayabharathi6256]

Sir please could you take a class on tenors please 🙏🙏🙏

[@marieb1350]

Mr. Trimble, your videos and you are amazing!! Thank you! do you have any tips for a capella singers? I sing in an a capella group and I can breathe to get the open throat but can't maintain the lean through the entire phrase and then tension starts to creep into my throat.

[@Tenoretrimble]

check out the "breath stop" videos. You must maintain the breath against the diaphragm by using the "appoggio" or the breath will release while singing and cause extreme reactions in the throat. Try it and read my book which covers this subject.

[@marieb1350]

Thank you so much for your reply! I already have your book and love it...I'm watching all of your breathstop / appogio videos and have discovered what is causing my throat tension. I can't believe the difference when my throat is free and my larynx doesn't rise. Also, do you have any videos on managing/adding vibrato and sustaining a note without vibrato and without wavering on the note? thanks again for sharing your knowledge. You're a treasure!

[@lxf9914]

Mr. Trimble (or anyone who wants to chime in) who are the best tenors for a leggiero to listen to?

[@Tenoretrimble]

Tito Schipa for Italian, Fritz Wunderlich for German, Nikolai Gedda or Ivan Kazovsky for Russian, Georges Thill for anything French, and the greatest of the Bel Canto tenors, Fernando de Lucia for vocal style, and John McCormack (an Irishman). for Singing in English

[@suzannederringer1607]

@@Tenoretrimble Exactly right! The best examples for each.

[@lxf9914]

@@Tenoretrimble wow what a thorough breakdown! Thank you!

[@suzannederringer1607]

The trouble is - all these Vocal Exercises sound alike and I can't make any sense of it. It just sounds loud and harsh. Maybe because I'm a Soprano.

[@BellaFirenze]

Yikes.

[@digitaltrip3311]

Wot