How should I breathe when I am singing?

Question

I think I sound like I am singing through my nose and I hate it. How can I fix it?

Answer 1

A couple of ideas:

Hold your hand against your lower stomach/diaphram area. This way, you have a visual that tells you if you're breathing from down there. If you feel your shoulders rising, ask someone to hold them while you breath so you can learn how it feels to breath from below without raising your shoulders too much. Also, while your chest will move some, it should not be the most noticeable movement.

Something that helps me when I feel I'm creating a more nasal tone (that happens to me sometimes in my upper register) is plug my nose and sing. See how that sounds. If you have a tape recorder, record how you sound when you do some of these exercises (plugging your nose, holding your stomach, etc) so you can listen for a variation in your tone.

Good luck! :)

Answer 2

place your fingers just in front of your ears where your jaw hinges. Now open wide like a yawn. You should feel a gap open up. Keep your fingers there while you practice singing to remind you of the open space you need while you sing.

Try imitating an opera singer. You're just over exaggerating what you need to do! Just find a happy medium between your nasally voice and your opera imitation voice and viola!

Answer 3

you should in through mouth and out through nose. you should take a longer breaths during pauses

Answer 4

when you are breathing, make sure that your shoulders don't go up and your stomach moves out, this means you are breathing through your diaphram.

Answer 5

Try to sing from your diaphram.

Answer 6

You should pause to breath, from your diafram, when you feel it comfortable.

Answer 7

breathe through your diaphram.