Meanwhile my stomach already expanded without doing all of this.

See, that's what I find difficult. I do breathing excersizes and I understand what I need to do, but I just don't understand how to apply that when I actually sing.

what helped me learn diaphragm singing was telling myself to sing from the same place i laugh. when u laugh, its effortless & second nature. u don't have to think about pushing or straining or really anything in order to laugh. it just happens because you're relaxed. u have to learn to sing from that same place. practice laughing for a minute or two, and then try sustaining a laugh (without pushing !!). just let it happen. then try doing vibrato. the way to know if you're doing it right is if u immediately find vibrato to be easier/prettier & u feel NO tension in ur throat. if there's any tension at all, it's incorrect and u need to relax even more. good luck ! 💗

This is a true tip. It takes getting used to because we’ve been doing it wrong for so long. I had to keep doing this, now I do it without even thinking about it. All singers and choirs need this teaching.❤

Ahh, i gotta practice this more 😆

NO I DID THIS AND ENDED UP BURPING😭😭

I learned this today in theatre camp and OMG I thought I just couldn’t hit high notes but it was that I didn’t have enough breath to hit one so my voice would fall out. I just wasn’t breathing right!

You're the best voice lesson teacher I've seen.... I've practiced your exercise and it has really helped me. I'm glad I found you.

I feel the most important thing you demonstrated here is the first example. It’s how the tone of the voice changes and the correct way sounds like the voice sinks deeper in the bottom. We are always soo focused on projecting and the ring tonality in the voice and forward position. But that first example is gold. People need to record themselves doing the same exercise of what bad sounds like and what good sounds like and reference them as well as how each feel. It’s not enough to know just how the good feels and sounds you need to know both, because you’re body and particularly your voice is not exactly completely under your control all the time and sometimes before you know it you’ve been doing the wrong way and not even realize why things aren’t working like usual, so it’s best to constantly be able to know how the right way and wrong way feel and sound. I keep a pretty detailed but short list of of things to remember when singing, that I have found to help me with my voice the most. If I try something new I write down what I am attempting and I give it really only about a week to see if it’s a good way or not, and I mean by what’s safe on my voice. Truth is, some things you might love to hear in a singing style or approach you do, just is not good for the voice. I predominantly use front vocal placement, roof of the mouth or top back placement. But in my style there are times I want the tonality of the throat placement, so I’ve learned to use it sparingly and lightly lean on it, like it’s a gas pedal. This gives me the effect I want at times without too much strain on my voice. Learning to sing things, as clearly as possible is usually the result you’ll want. Get a good recording of you singing it clean, meaning no push or extra grit. Then listen back and it’ll give you a map of what you like and don’t, and where you actually want some difference.

If the stomach is allowed to slowly collapse instead of maintaining the same “posture at inhalation” in which we sing through- wouldn’t that create forced breathy air pressure by allowing the stomach to release air versus resisting the collapse? Edit: I was partially wrong. Yes, we need to resist the breath but our chords handle it as long as we inhale silently, sternum/chest raised so nothing is in the way, and inhale or relax the stomach muscles at the end of a line, to allow the air to rush in. The body doesn’t need your help to allow the air to release/vocalize. Relax relax relax. This video is on point. The only reason I misunderstood is because I saw his stomach go back in quickly. Which is realistic with shorter pop lines versus long classical singing lines. That air needs to keep moving. Keeping the stomach expanded should not induce rigidity or stiffness, nor should it happen at all costs. Think of it this way, if the stomach isn’t allowed to descend SLOWLY, there won’t be enough moving air to support your singing. The stomach has to deflate. Our job is to just not let it all collapse once we start signing, but to also not tense you any muscles from the stomach to the pubic bone region.

Thank you! Well put demonstration, i feel like i could understand and start from here with how to breathe/use diaphram

Very simple and so helpful. Thank you Bro!

I have no idea how my breath will expand in my stomach 😭

I’m 15, and I have a very deep, gritty, diaphragmatic voice. With some practice and warming up, I am able to reach almost the Colter Wall type style, just a little higher since I am younger. These practices do work though, good advice 👍

Thank you so much for the playlist ❤

Getting back into singing after over a decade. So lucky I was trained to sing in a church choir by my choir mistress so I still have a bit of muscle memory in using my diaphragm, but it feels so clumsy and inarticulate after so many years without use. I've got the volume but not the fine control for more complex notes. The difference in volume and projection between singing from the throat (as my teacher called it) to fully using the diaphragm still amazes me!

Looks like I'm gonna workout then

Great tip short simple to the point thank you 🤲🏾🫱🏾✍🏾

Thanks for Sharing

Thank you ! I hear the difference ❤

My stomach goes IN when I inhale... I already failed

The most difficult/complicated thing I find doing! Feels that inhaling makes the stomach (or diaphragm?!) go in.....right? Still Practicing!

Great vid!! I been doing this but sometimes i get a little throat tension that's my next goal to get rid of!!

This is so much better than many 10 min lectures

Finally, a guide I can understand 😭

I was able to do it, and my voice sounds better than before, and my throat didn't hurt when i finished😭 Thank you so much!!

This is so true

Now i know how to use my diaphragm.thanks for this simple tips idol

Thanks so much, it actually made a massive difference! Am able to hit higher notes without my voice craving as much! However, if I try to hit higher notes my neck really starts to tighten up and hurts pretty bad. How can I get rid of this immense pressure and is it destroying my voice if I continue to force my neck with high notes?

This is a game changer❤

love it thank you..i need this to speak in front of forum

damn man thanks. this is a miracle.

Love this the inhale and exhale was a perfect example

Hey Ramsey, thx for your good work here, but a little note aside: The Diaphragm is NOT active/engaged when you exhale( singing/ speaking). The moment you are done with inhaling(where the diaphragm is really active), and start singing/speaking. The diaphragm will immediately relax.. Have a great day..

Tysm for this it helped me sm!

i was in a production a few months ago and the musical director told me this trick, i was wondering why my voice kept cracking, after she told me i noticed such a difference and now i cant go back!

Also, not to overload the comments, but I was sorta raised in a lot of spaces where I had to keep my voice down so I know initially there was some psychosomatic stuff I had to get over w projection, belting, & in general had basically only ever sung at very soft volumes. Particularly the last few years while recovering from a handicap & sharing a wall w my dad’s office lol. Now that im in my own space again while I’ve been learning to let go, I sometimes wonder Is it possible sing w/ proper form & technique quietly? I still desire to occasionally do it & worry I’d just be instilling bad habits & unlearning is always twice as difficult, & I’m a hard case as is.

Thanks to this video I SUPPORT UP TO B4 TODAY, MAY GOD BLESS YOU 😭

Really good tip thank you very much kind sir

Me who has never had proper posture in my life: huh, interesting

Thx but my mouth is dumb, not smart

I checked your sound in the logic pro, it's just about how close you are to notes, not the breathing, the first part even is louder then the second one

Piece of advice, go watch Ken Tamplins tutorial on diaphragmatic support! Dude is the real deal!

thank you

Thank you !

My throat often gets strained quickly. This is because I’m not falling back on my breath right? I’ve attempted to check out videos on throat strain but tbh, there’s usually so much explaining at the front end I don’t follow through lol. But I notice the harder warm ups are any where you have to keep your mouth more closed. Lip trills are harder (I saw your clip on that so thanks for the help) anyway I’m chalking all this up to utilizing my air & breath control are my weak points?

Bruh the last aoooooo was kinda funny😅😆.Thanks for the tip btw

I kid you not, I watched the first 5 seconds and tried singing all of you at full belt all magestically, once I was done I realized I naturally sing from my diaphragm

My asthmatic ass could never do this 😂 I love to sing but it’s more of a quite whisper so I’m not actually singing 🤷🏻‍♀️ but thank you for the lesson 😊

I’m not serious at all😂😂😂 I was laughing while practicing this😂😂

... That made me dizzy in 5 seconds, how do I avoid that?

People have to understand that there is no shortcuts. I spent a year doing only scales and breathing exercises and teached myself to sing close to 6 octaves (4 on a bad with a cough without straining). You have to fix your breathing first to be able to sing properly. I know SO many people find it SO frustrating that they in vain search for some kind of other way or say it's not a valid explanation, but all top voice coaches have been saying this first thing first day for hundreds of years. It's the most basic thing, and yes, it's SO frustrating to have to re-learn how to breath - I get i! But there is no shortcut. Singing well is really really hard. The health benefits tho, outside of the fun side, are amazing and well worth the effort!

I thought I wasn’t doing this but I just realized I’ve been doing it this whole time for the past year thinking I wasn’t T-T

I can sing with my diaphram, but where should i be inhaling from? I use both my mouth and nose, but dont know which i should use, and if its the nose then it makes it tougher cause i always feel like i cant get enough breath. Plz someone help 🙏🏼

How will u sing from diaphragm when your vocal cords are in throat, I'm getting confused and feels like giving up.

The example you gave was kinda of more about pitch than support. One can sing with a wrong breathing technique and still be on pitch.. I started off like that… pitch wasn’t at all the issue. More like the tension and amount of breaths I’d take. Hope it makes sense 🙏

it feels like air comes out from one side of my vocal cords

"Sing from the diaphragm" is probably the most unhelpful and confusing piece of advice that just will not die no matter what, and I wish people would stop saying it.

0:07 Defintely me when I do vocals. 😂

How can I sing higher notes with air, but without going into head voice?

lmao "just let your support collapse. it'll be great"

my stomach can’t expand like that😭

I saw a huge improvement by flexing my core and kinda squeezing the air out of my torso like a tube of toothpaste. I was able to hit note longer with more control, but is this an ok way to sing? My stomach isn’t relaxed, I’m actually flexing my abs to keep the air flow steady and stop it when I need to.

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I just cant stop laughing😭

How do I get my stomach to go out?

I think my stomach isn't compatible with this version😢😂

I ripped 1 and it composed Mozart 3th symphony

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Thank youu, bruh I’m researching this just so I can along to Eminem rap god and Godzilla 💀😂

Thanks

Problem: My lungs are in my chest, not my stomach.

Me trying this exercise in bed 😂

Wow that changed how I sound

Is it normal that this is the way I've always breathed? I still suck at singing but the breathing part I do without thinking

I searched this whiole literally singing all of me thatz crazy

Yes sir

Well I must have been breathing wrong bc only my ribs go out and diaphragm in. If try have my stomach go out I get palpitations and i hardly feel my stomach move out. I think I might have a problem.

Very nice

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I think I just passed out.

I got amazed

Do you have a deviated septum ?

I Just Listened To How To Sing Vibrato Videos And Now Whenever I Release My Singing Voice I Sing Vibrato😫

I couldn’t do it - now what?

I feel like I'm , first honor after watching this!

Wrong, don't contract in. The abdominal muscles need to fight against the natural tendency to pull in. This is the right kind of tension that allows for the free flow of breath and stabilizes the larynx.

can I grow up in music if I don't have a good voice

I got a six pack so my stomach can't.😢

Literally impossible for me, I simply cannot relax my body enough to get this to work. I can’t control anything, how the fuck do I do this

I can't do those exercise in an little voice? Like... L o w?

what does he mean by contract as it comes in? Do you have to tense the muscles near your ribs??

I thought if you breathe in your stomache goes in and goes out when you breathe out

instructions unclear, my stomach does this but backwards

My girlfriend wants me to join choir next semester. Gotta learn and study before hand. Thank you, sir.

Oh my this advice is so, so wrong. You're pushing your stomach outwards, that is not what you're supposed to do at all.

Woah

My teacher sent me this

I have a deep voice

welp just push up