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You cannot possibly sing correctly if you are not breathing properly. To help in the development of a good vocal range and improves your stamina. Here are a few exercises that will help you to improve singing.

A proper breathing technique is essential for breath control, stamina and to increase vocal range. If your breath is restricted to your chest you will never be able to get the floating voice quality or hit the really high notes. Most of us are prone to faulty breathing habits which we follow since we are children. And we take that into our singing as well when we grow up.

A clear sign of improper breathing is an upwards movement of the chest and shoulders when w breathe. The fear of looking fat while breathing is what keep many people from breathing correctly. Bit if you want to reach the higher notes and sing confidently it is imperative that you breathe through the diaphragm.

It is not uncommon to hear people saying that loud breathing is the correct form of deep breathing. Noisy breathing means that the air passage is being blocked causing incorrect and improper breathing. In correct breathing even though the inhalation is deep yet no noise is made while breathing.

Try breathing in sips instead of gulps which will put more pressure on the lungs. Your stomach should move effortlessly with each inhalation. Here are a few exercises which will help you to breathe correctly.

Breathing In:

Start by lying flat on your back. Take a deep breath and feel the wave of movement start at your chest and diaphragm. Feel your chest and diaphragm expanding but make sure to not move your shoulder muscles. Leave your abdominal muscles loose and let the wave reach your stomach feeling the stomach expand as you fill your lungs entirely.

Now once again take a deep cleansing breath feeling the air enter the every corner of your lungs expanding the stomach and the diaphragm. If you are breathing correctly the chest and diaphragm should expand upwards. Ideally, the chest, the stomach and the diaphragm should expand. Also, the muscles at the side of the rib cage will expand.

Exhalation Exercise:

For this exercise you will need a lighted candle placed about 8-9 inches away from your face.

Inhale deeply as you have learnt in the previous exercise expanding your chest and abdomen with no movement of the shoulders.

Once you have filled your lungs breathe out gently towards the flame bending it but not flickering it.

When you exhale you will have to let out the air in a steady stream otherwise the flame will flicker instead of bending. It is also important to keep a track of the number of minutes for which you can keep the flame bent.

Breath control and a good vocal range where you can hit the high notes are crucial for a singer, the afore mentioned exercises will help you to achieve these. Particularly if you want to sing the higher notes you should gradually increase the time of exhalation.

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