How can you sing using your diaphragm?

Question

I use to know how, but when I had gotten sick, it disappeared. Now I sing mostly from my nose (and that's bad).

Answer 1

I think you need to go back to basics and learn some breathing techniques. One of these is to put your hand on your belly and pant like a dog(not too much or you'll hyperventilate)so you can feel the breath moving in your diaphragm. Once you know where you're breathing from then fill your lungs and belly with air and sing a loud comfortable note for as long as your breath lasts. I hope this is a help to you.

Answer 2

breathing remember don't lift your shoulders when you breath..
lean against a chair and put your belly on it now take a deep breath you should rise a little!
no go practice that and every time you talk do the same thing watch your shoulders ensure they are not moving up... if they do then your not breathing through your diaphragm.. the nasle sound don't mean that your not breathing throught your diaphragm btw... maybe a little but you can still sing throught your nose and breath through your diaphragm so practice your breathing techniques

Answer 3

im guessing u just joined a choir. im in one too. yes, u are right, the shoulders should not move when breathing in, and the abdomen should be inflating. these exercises train ure diaphragm (duh) that helps ure breath support. keep ure diaphragm firm when singing until ure out of breath. do not let it deflate whaen ure singing, this ensures enough strain exerted on the diaphragm to train it. another good way is playing a physical sport, preferably running or swimming as it trains breath and stamina. howver, other factors also affect singing, such as tone (head tone, chest tone, choral, pop,etc.) and pitching, etc.

Answer 4

Its not a matter of singing through yoyour diaphragm but, a matter of breathing using you diaphragm effectively. When you inhale your diaphragm pushes down to create more space for your lungs to expand. It creates space not just in the front of ur body but also in your lower back. When you exhale the diaphragm relaxes and your recta's Adonis (ABS) contracts. The best way to observe this is to watch a sleeping baby. They take deep breaths in their sleep but they never move their shoulders. To avoid singing through your nose you must learn how to create space. one place to create space is in your mouth. At the top of your mouth is a hard pallet and a soft palate. The soft palate is located at the very back of your mouth. You can lift it when you sing. One way to do it is to pretend that you have an egg in the back of your mouth. Another way is to sing on the sensation of a yawn because when you yawn you lift your soft palate. To help you learn to use your diaphragm you could do many exercises. One that has helped me it to lay flat on my back on the floor. Put yoyour feet flat on the floor, almost as if ur about to do sit-ups. Inhale deeply and exhale for 10 counts. Good Luck!!! :)

Answer 5

Put your hand under your breasts, on top of your stomach, and try to breath deeply. If it moves up and down you're using your diaphragm. If not, focus on that area and lift it as you breathe. Eventually it will become habit. Another way to check is to do random staccato-ed notes. Bouncing notes that are short. As you do each note, your diaphragm is supposed to move, meaning the area where your hand is is supposed to go up and down.

Answer 6

Diaphragm and nasal singing has nothing to do with each other, not that i think. Singing from your diaphragm just means breath support and not screaming. Nasal singing just means youre not resonating correctly. WHen you resonate in your nose, its called nasal singing.

Answer 7

Practice doing it (then it will come naturally)- suck in like your sucking through a straw and sing on a comfortable note. lay down on the floor and put a book on your stomach and do it too. the book should rise. We have to do that for choir in school. Hope that helps...and KEEP PRACTICING!

Answer 8

When you breath in dont lift your shoulders

Answer 9

It's a breathing method, that's why you see some singers lifting their chests.

Answer 10

you should sing with your speaking voice.