Breath Support Made Simple - Appoggio for Beginner Singers — Transcript

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1. 0:00Do you feel like your voice is trapped
2. 0:02or straining to break free? Or do you
3. 0:04just run out of breath mid-phrase? Well,
4. 0:07today I'm going to show you how to
5. 0:09support your voice using a technique
6. 0:11called a podjour so you can sing with
7. 0:14freedom, control, and ease. Now, this is
8. 0:17one of the lessons I wish I had started
9. 0:20when I was learning to sing because once
10. 0:22you understand support, your entire
11. 0:25voice opens up. Vocal support is how you
12. 0:28manage breath pressure beneath your
13. 0:30vocal cords. Without it, your voice can
14. 0:33feel weak, strained, or inconsistent. A
15. 0:37podel means to lean or support in
16. 0:39Italian. It's a way of breathing that
17. 0:42gently resists collapse. You're not
18. 0:45pushing or squeezing. You're balancing
19. 0:48pressure with stability. And here's
20. 0:50something that affects everything we're
21. 0:52about to do. Posture. It can make or
22. 0:56break your breath control. Now, let me
23. 0:58show you. Here's a slouched posture.
24. 1:01Now, watch what happens when I try to
25. 1:04take a breath.
26. 1:06Not much room. Right now, with an open
27. 1:09upright posture, feet grounded, chest
28. 1:12lifted, shoulders relaxed. Look what
29. 1:14happens.
30. 1:17That space lets the breath move and your
31. 1:20support muscles actually have room to
32. 1:22activate. It doesn't have to be stiff,
33. 1:25just open and relaxed. Think lifted, but
34. 1:29loose. This is actually one of the first
35. 1:31things I'll cover in my free master
36. 1:34class, Singmarter, not harder. You'll
37. 1:36find a link in the description if you
38. 1:38want to get access. Now, you've probably
39. 1:40heard somebody say, "Sing from your
40. 1:43diaphragm." But here's the thing. You
41. 1:45don't actually sing with your diaphragm.
42. 1:48It's not a sound making muscle. The
43. 1:51diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle right
44. 1:54here below your lungs. Now, when you
45. 1:56inhale, it flattens downward, creating
46. 1:59space for your lungs to fill with air,
47. 2:04but you don't control your diaphragm
48. 2:06directly. What you can control is the
49. 2:09way that your rib cage, abdominals, and
50. 2:12even the lower back muscles resist
51. 2:14collapsing when you sing out.
52. 2:20Now that's a podaw. This gentle
53. 2:22expansion and resistance around your
54. 2:25whole torso that manages the airflow
55. 2:28above the diaphragm.
56. 2:30So next time somebody says sing from
57. 2:33your diaphragm, think of it more like
58. 2:36breathe low, expand wide, and resist the
59. 2:39collapse. That's how you give your voice
60. 2:42the support it needs. But here's a quick
61. 2:46trick. If you want to feel this
62. 2:48coordination more easily, try this lying
63. 2:51down. When you lie on your back like
64. 2:53this, your body naturally releases
65. 2:56tension. It's easier to notice where the
66. 2:59breath is going. Feel how your ribs and
67. 3:01belly expand gently outward and upward.
68. 3:05That's your body coordinating up jaw
69. 3:08without effort. Now, hiss out slowly and
70. 3:11try to keep that expansion for as long
71. 3:13as you can. That gentle firmness, that's
72. 3:16breath support. So, if standing feels
73. 3:18tricky at first, start here on the
74. 3:21floor. Your body will show you how
75. 3:24support should feel. Let me show you an
76. 3:26example of breath support and control
77. 3:28with this balloon. Now, if I squeeze it
78. 3:30suddenly,
79. 3:33that's what happens when you push or
80. 3:35squeeze without control. Your voice gets
81. 3:38unstable. But if I let the air out
82. 3:41steadily,
83. 3:45that's a pod jaw. Steady pressure,
84. 3:47smooth release. The air supports the
85. 3:49sound. It doesn't overwhelm it. Here's
86. 3:52one of the most effective breathing
87. 3:54exercises that I know. The farreneli.
88. 3:57It's based on three phases like a
89. 3:59triangle. Inhale, hold, and exhale.
90. 4:02Phase one, inhale for 4 seconds. You're
91. 4:05going to slowly breathe in and expand
92. 4:07those ribs. Phase two, hold for four
93. 4:10seconds. You got to maintain that
94. 4:12expansion without tension. And phase
95. 4:15three, exhale on a S for eight seconds.
96. 4:18Your goal is to control your airflow
97. 4:21while resisting collapse. Let's do it
98. 4:24together. Inhale. 2 3 4. Hold. 2 3 4
99. 4:322 3 4 5 6 7 8. Repeat this three to four
100. 4:39times a day and you'll train your core
101. 4:41and your ribs to coordinate
102. 4:43effortlessly. This exercise doesn't just
103. 4:45build breath control, it builds
104. 4:48awareness. You start to feel what real
105. 4:50breath support actually is. Okay, let's
106. 4:54apply a podio to singing. I'll use the
107. 4:57phrase I will rise again. First, no
108. 5:00support with a slouch position.
109. 5:03I will rise again
110. 5:08now with a podour ribs expanded and
111. 5:12breath managed.
112. 5:14I will rise again.
113. 5:18That steadiness comes from controlled
114. 5:21breath pressure and rib resistance, not
115. 5:24throat effort. Breath support isn't just
116. 5:26about strength. It's about coordination.
117. 5:29The more you work with it, the more your
118. 5:32voice will feel like it's working with
119. 5:34you, not against you. So, let's recap.
120. 5:37Vocal support is breath management, not
121. 5:40breath force. A pod equals ribs expanded
122. 5:44and steady air flow. The balloon test
123. 5:47shows breath control without pushing or
124. 5:50squeezing. The farelli, I love saying
125. 5:53that triangle builds coordination and
126. 5:55control. Now apply support to real
127. 5:58singing, not just exercises. If you do
128. 6:00just a few minutes a day, your voice
129. 6:02will feel stronger, freer, and more
130. 6:05connected in just a couple of weeks.
131. 6:07Now, if this video helped you, please
132. 6:09give it a thumbs up and drop a comment.
133. 6:11What song are you excited to try with
134. 6:14real vocal support? And if you want to
135. 6:17go further, I'm putting together a free
136. 6:19master class, sing smarter, not harder,
137. 6:23that builds strength, breath control,
138. 6:25range, and improved tone into a daily
139. 6:28vocal workout. Now, once you have
140. 6:30coordinated a podaw, you can start to
141. 6:33sing with more power. Click on this
142. 6:36video next to develop power in your
143. 6:39voice.