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Re: techniques to develop diaphragm breathing

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-07-30 21:14

Although it's true the diaphragm is used in tandem with abdominal muscles to control output, the diaphragm's only job upon contraction is to expand the thoracic cavity, lower the pressure around the fleshy sacks we call lungs and cause them to fill with air (there are some basic YouTube videos that illustrate this with a bell jar analogy).

One thing that helped me was being conscious of the abdominal expansion when you take a breath and realize that when you expel air with support, your stomach (area) remains out. Both Robert Marcellus (formerly of the Cleveland Orchestra and Northwestern Univ.) and Clark Brody (formerly of the Chicago Symphony and Northwestern Univ.) were adamant about that.

..............Paul Aviles

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