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Author: Benjamin
Date: 2002-01-19 09:32
What do these two terms mean? Is it to do with projecting a note? How do i learn to do it correctly?
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2002-01-20 05:05
This is something to work on with a teacher to observe you. If your clarinet teacher (assuming you have one) is unable to do this, look for a voice teacher to show you some exercises that singers (at least the good ones!) do at each warmup. I never was taught to breath from the diaphram (despite many years of clarinet lessons) until I learned to sing in college.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-01-20 10:10
Most people appear to use the word diaphragm incorrectly. It is a dome shaped muscle above the intestines, going right across the body, more or less horizontally. Its purpose is to breathe in, and also to assist in deffecation (etc), but NOT to blow or give breath support. It is anatomically imposible for it to give any 'support' for the breath. It is NOT used for breathing out, nor for blowing. If it was tightened while blowing it would REDUCE the strength of the 'blow'.
The support (ie the air pressure) comes from tension in the abdominal muscles (across the front of the gut, i.e. from the pubic area up to the ribs and across to the hips) and the intercostal muscles which are the ones between the ribs.
You also use these muscles and the resulting air pressure when you shout, blow up balloons, cough, sneeze, and vomit.
Appropriate air pressure is needed to produce a tone that has "projection".
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Author: Jas
Date: 2002-01-20 18:40
The diaphrahm is actually the membrane separating the abdomen from the lungs. You will find it directly below the lungs.
:o)
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Author: Emms
Date: 2002-01-20 19:31
The diaphragm is a MUSCLE below the lungs. It relaxes on breathing out and has no sensory nerves. People may say 'breathe from your diaphragm', to mean from the bottom of your lungs, rather than to breathe shallowly from the top of your lungs. It is misleading.
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Author: Emms
Date: 2002-01-20 19:33
The diaphragm is a MUSCLE below the lungs. It relaxes on breathing out. People may say 'breathe from your diaphragm', to mean from the bottom of your lungs, rather than to breathe shallowly from the top of your lungs. It is misleading.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-01-21 02:27
You can find a detailed explanaton in this Horn player's page with an sectional anatomy picture:
http://www.btinternet.com/~eastop/html/breath.htm
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