I'm Madeline Harvey. Thank you for hanging out with me today. I would make a quick video for you all of what a singing belt feels like when you sing? We're going to create the conditions for a healthy singing belt to not only be recognized, but also developed and in balance. So if you like today's video, please be sure to give it a thumbs up or click that subscribe on below. I would love to see you here more often.
So when we talk about belting, what we're really talking about, technically speaking, is the relationship between air pressure and cord tension. Those are the two components that are both intensified when you belt, slightly exaggerated, but they must seek balance. If not, we close with grip, we scream. And those are all areas that make building a little bit more of a challenge. So we're going to go into these two components today. Air pressure caused tension. Now, when we talk about air pressure, which is really the secret to good balanced melting and the secret to vocal power, what we mean more so about. It's not more er it's more er pressure, so what you don't want to do is take a gigantic breath that will pressurize your body way too much past its resting capacity and your body will hate that is going to get it out of you, it's going to shove it out of you and that turns into shouting and screaming very, very, very quickly. So it's not about how much er it's about how much air pressure and of tomato tomato. But we're going to get into that and let's get into this now. So we're going to use a consonant, a stop consonant as a way of building interior pressure. But what I want you to focus on is not only feeling it but containing it. OK, so we'll get into that in just a second, but we're going to start by saying a B consonant. We're going to line up as if we're going to say the B consonant, but we're not going to quite say it. This is called a stop consonant. It allows us to exaggerate some air pressure and feel it very pointed and very ready to go. So this will give you your first condition for a nice belt. Exaggerate that air pressure. So let's let's go to say B, but we're not going to say it. We're just going to. Yeah, President. Now, can you feel that that air pressure is ready, very focused and intensified as ready to go right there on the lips? Good. Now let's watch our diaphragm. Go ahead. So your baby don't say or B. Yeah, do you feel a diaphragm lift like it means business, very intense, committed engage from the center of the body? Let's go ahead and say that, not say that, but pretend to say that again. Ready?