https://judyrodman.com/running-out-of-breath-singing/ Vocal Coach • Singer • Speaker • Songwriter • Studio Producer • Podcaster Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://judyrodman.com/running-out-of-breath-singing/#comment-1089 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:47:48 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/running-out-of-breath-singing/#comment-1089 Ronni; Thank you for your comment. An interesting take, to be sure. 'What FEELS like running out of breath is running out of space in the airway". I would suggest this is a 'which came first, chicken or egg' paradox though. When we are running out of breath (lungs smaller, ribcage starts to contract to attempt to move (bring up more air, the diaphragm loses it's finer control because the ribcage has become narrow, giving it too much slack. This uncontrolled air pressure through the vocal cords results in muscular contraction around the larynx trying to deal with it. This shrinks the airway space. In my view, the answer is to have enough air to keep the ribcage wide when using the voice. The question seems to be 'what's keeping the ribcage from being able to stay wide." Would you agree?

]]> https://judyrodman.com/running-out-of-breath-singing/#comment-1090 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:30:20 +0000 https://judyrodman.com/running-out-of-breath-singing/#comment-1090 A singer usually runs out of breath because there is a constriction in the throat that pushes the vocal folds together. When the voice feels weak to a singer the body can recruit muscles either in the larynx to contract or around it and the airway gets narrowed. What feels like running out of breath is actually running out of space in the airway.

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