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doubt the most important ability in singing is the ability to breath properly. Almost every major problem a singer can have is due to improper breathing methods. Errors in form can usually be classified into two categories. Both of which have the same problem in the fact that they are inefficient and actually constrain your true voice. The first is the most common. Before reading past the next paragraph, stop and take a deep breath right now as deep as you can.

When you inhaled, did your chest puff out like a robin in mating season, along with your shoulders rolling back. That is very labor intensive and totally wrong. The funny thing is we breath properly when we come into this world as babies, but somewhere along the way we lose it. This is the reason why a babies cry is so loud. They are totally relaxed in their breathing. You will get back to that with practice. The second problem I run into periodically occurs when someone has taken several vocal lessons or had a bad couch. Somewhere along the line a couch told them that they need to sing by expanding the diaphragm, and expanding the stomach. I never liked that explanation very much for two reasons. The first is because you are always breathing with your diaphragm. Without your diaphragm you would have no way to draw in air.

The second problem I have with this explanation is that the natural reaction is to try and force the stomach to expand. This is very important so remember this point. Any time you have to manipulate your body or force a certain feeling or movement. It is usually a bad idea. If you needed an overall theme for success, I would have you think of total controlled relaxation. You do not want to manipulate muscles. That will only cause a different problem. The truth is that most people will not get proper breathing technique right away. It takes doing proper drills and time. I will start you out here with a free drill. Lie on your back and grab a phone book. Place the phone book on your stomach. Now spend about 10 minutes slowly breathing in an out fully. Do not think about controlling you stomach muscles. Instead, simply try to raise the phone book with the expansion of your stomach during the inhale as much as you can. Do not use your stomach muscles to do this. DO IT WITH YOUR INHALE. On your exhale, allow the book to fall back down. Do this for several minutes to give you a great start to proper breathing that will unlock you true potential.