From the course: Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
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Get ready to sing: Part 3
From the course: Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
Get ready to sing: Part 3
- We're going to talk more about the role of the diaphragm. A lot of students hear that you need to breathe into your diaphragm, or you need to sing from your diaphragm and we'll get into a little more of the details of that. The diaphragm muscle looks like this. This is a great diaphragm diagram (laughs) showing exactly where the diaphragm sits in your body. It's like this parachute-shaped band of muscle that sits underneath, and is attached to your lungs and all the muscles around your lungs, and your ribcage, your entire respiratory system is all interconnected, and the diaphragm is a huge muscle that sits under here. The interesting thing is that the diaphragm is mostly an involuntary muscle, like, you know, the muscles that control the blinking of your eyelids, you don't think about it, it just happens. The diaphragm is mostly an involuntary muscle, so you don't really have conscious control over your diaphragm, but your diaphragm works every time you breathe. Your diaphragm is…
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