Breath Support for Singing - CLEARLY & CORRECTLY explained - FINALLY!
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- Breath Support for Singing (Supporting the Voice) - so often misunderstood and/or taught incorrectly or not at all. Here is the CLEAR and CORRECT explanation of support (appoggio technique), plus breath support exercises - FINALLY! Still running out of breath or allowing your body to collapse when you sing? Is your voice weak? Confused about the diaphragm? Do you just want a better and stronger tone? Watch this video and learn proper breath support! All singers need to know how to sing with breath support if they want to build strength and endurance!
I have taught thousands of singers in all styles for 30 years, and have studied voice for 42 years! I always explain everything in everyday language, besides being entertaining! My videos give you quick fixes as well as long term solutions. SING BETTER NOW! Follow Victoria’s Victorious Vocal Tips!
0:00 breath support - intro
1:05 breath support = often misunderstood
2:46 - appoggio: explanation of breath support
6:06 analogy exercise 1
6:26 analogy exercise 2
7:02 analogy exercise 3
8:36 analogy exercise 4
8:49 analogy exercise 5
8:59 analogy exercise 6
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This is what i picture when i see a music teacher.
Thank you!
I am very grateful to have found her channel, her ability to teach singing is absolutely impeccable
I agree completely.
Thanks ma'am. Thanks
she's a queen
She’s got it all… charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
condragulations
As a singer who’s studied the voice for more than a decade to an obsessive degree, I can absolutely say without a doubt that this is the best explanation of support I’ve ever heard.
Thank you so much, Marco! Your post means a lot!
I have severe ADHD and I've watched this whole video without any distractions. I love listened to you! Great Teacher
I was just about to type this exact message! She's amazing!
Same here! It’s engaging yay
Weird.. same here. I wonder if it's her intensity that keeps us focused.
This is actually spot on. All beginners should watch this.
Although, learning to sing with good support without pushing or interfering is A LOT harder and requires A HUGE AMOUNT of practice.
Thank you. I have a video on supporting vs locking the voice because many singers over-support and get tight.
so nice hearing that learning to sing does take a ton of practice and isn't something perfected in one night. It's kind of intimidating and tough seeing all these amazing celebrity singers on the internet with some even being just 18 and it's easy to forget that though they're young, they've probably had singing lessons since they were 5 and had practiced for years.
I had few lessons when I was 16 and had my first one again today I'm 45 I practice at home from my stomach I can feel the muscles,felt tired after and throat so think overworked considering I havnt sang properly for ever.
I think people put too much emphasis on warming up the throat: I find it really helps to warm up my mid-section with dance like excercises and give the throat a rest, so there is much less tension and more power when I start singing.
@@naritruwireve1381 i can't agree on that, some people were just born with the ability and gift. For people who were'nt born like that it takes a huge amount of practice yes.
In all seriousness, this woman is very passionate about teaching singing the right way as she should. These are indeed very nice tips and I encourage everyone to take her advice seriously
Thank you so much, Rojo! I truly appreciate your post!
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I am 30 and always wanted to try singing but was too shy. I feel like I just had an expensive private voice lesson, she’s so easy to understand and so engaging! Thanks so much for making these.
Awwww, thank you so much! Great to meet you here!
Same here 36 😁
totally agree
Same here. I'm 21 and have always been so shy and felt like i didnt HAVE a voice and now i know i do have a voice and all i want is to learn to use it. My middle school music teacher recommended you and im so glad for it!
@@kemilysubs hey so how's your progress rn if you dont mind sharing?
When someone LOVES what they do, have the talent, have the years of experience- the wisdom teaching unlocks as magic! Amazing. Thank you
Thank you for your beautiful comment!
So true, what a treasure of music wisdom.🎉
Thank you so much. How do I get these right. I push alot and lock so much. I don't know how to go about this
Your high note could wake up the dead!! Wow!! I need you as a voice teacher
Thank you! I do teach private lessons, so if you are interested, please go to my website and send me a note there! www.healthyvocaltechnique.com
Is this channel the hidden treasure that I’ve been seeking?!
Thank you. My channel has a ton of info for singers!
Yep
Yes, I feel like I just struck gold. 🙌
12:30, this is the most beautiful live demonstration anyone has ever on done on youtube to prove their points. Hats off! THIS is called true support
Thank you so much, Rojo! Truly appreciated!
I'M SO JEALOUS
You better DEMONSTRATE!!! 😭🤧
Recently discovered that there's everything wrong with my voice...from bad breath support to engaging throat and pushing when going high, making me cut my range in half and destroying my tone. Hence I've decided to go back to basics. This video of yours really helped a lot in explaining what support really means.
Great that it popped up in the search results. I'm literally making you my virtual vocal coach!
Thanks a lot for posting this.
Omg me too lol
I have always wanted to learn what you so expertly teach, I am 74 years old and love to sing, of course not very well, but now with your teaching me beginning with the basics I finally have a chance, I will continue to learn from you and apply what I learn... Thank you so much
My exact epiphany right now 😭😭😭😭
is "cut my range in half" a hyperbolic statement or is the difference in range really super huge and significant? would love to know your experience and have some hope for myself
this is how im feeling i can sing pretty good but ive never had any lessons and i feel like im singing all wrong bcs while i can sing its strained sometimes and i feel like if i dont try and learn anything ill ruin my voice
You're intense and I love it!
Hahaha! Thank you! I bet you’re intense too!
I know right? Love how you are so comfortable being you, dear Victoria
Finally an analogy, the balloon, that makes anyone understand the concept of support.
Thank you! It has helped a lot of my students.
FINALLY a teacher that addresses SUPPORT !
Most teachers on youtube
don’t.Appoggio is GOLD.
12:27 I love it when coaches show why they’re coaches
Peace and Blessings! After watching the Pixar movie "Soul" I realized that singing has always been my spark but I lost it at a very early age. I'm finally picking it back up and have been glued to your page all morning. I thought I damaged my vocal cords when all along I have not been understanding the proper techniques. I am grateful for your wisdom.
I am happy to read this. I hope my videos continue to help you!
Awesome 😎
The cartoon is masterpiece, totally agree!
12:34 That was a beautiful demonstration! It sounds so rich and full of vocal timbre...
Love your voice!
Oh, thank you! I appreciate that!
I did not expect that level
This is a miracle. I have never been able to sing. I'm 64. I prayed that I could learn to sing so that I could sing praises to God. Look what He did!! Your lessons appeared in my feed. Oh My!! I can sing now. Thank you, Victoria,for your supreme teachings. Thank You to God!
I absolutely love your aura and energy, you make me feel like im on a one on one lesson with you.
Thank you.
Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
I'm happy that you like my videos! I hope to see more of you here!
I'm an instrumentalist trying to improve my singing , and I find voice training videos boring ,because I'm used to watching instrumental tut video, but here it's the best channel I've set my eyes on. I'm going start from the beginning watching all your playlists
Wonderful! Welcome to the channel! I'm happy to help!
You are by far the best vocal coach I've seen on CZcams! Great stuff
Thank you! I truly appreciate your kind words.
@@Victoria-Victorious of course :) also do you think you could put a video together with bringing falsetto higher or making falsetto not so squeaky or annoying?
I will put that on my list!
Her and Ken Tamplin are the best.
my thoughts exactly.
God bless you lady. It took me about 40 years to finally hear someone describe support the way I was taught through a book "How To Sing" ( a translation from Italian to English that i deceased Dad bought when he was a young sailor). So many are teaching without understanding, but you are the best I have seen at explaining, and showing so that a beginner can follow you through example. You have my respect added to your list of followers. I sing from Bass to Contra Tenor, and have sang for 10 1/2 hours non stop on a few occasions. I sing pop from the 70s to current, and have 75 originals in various styles. I am now, at 63 about to launch my entertainment career, because the world needs a lot more love and dance.I will review all of your videos as time permits, for you will confirm a lot of my theories I have taught myself. There are a few things I do that might interest you, like warm up without any sound, and then build my range from middle range songs to full scale, increasing my keys about, three semi tones every hour. I also sing a complete verse on one breath. That is where my breathing support comes in as a way of life. It works also in free diving for me, where I stay underwater for long yet comfortable periods.
Welcome to my channel, Hollis! Thank you for your inspiring post!
This is so helpful for someone like me who is confused about all the correct techniques for singing. It is very easy to understand compared to all the other videos I have watched all across CZcams, in different languages, by different people. Your analogies (in all of your videos as well) make learning so fast. I had to comment at least once. Thank you very much for all your teaching.
Edit: I found the right word that I was looking for to describe your videos. It is "engaging" if I am using the word correctly!
So kind of you to post this. Thank you so much. I am happy that my videos can help you!
This lady is actually amazing !
Thank you!! How nice of you!
I'm just starting singing lessons and I´ve been doing some light breathing exercises since through all my years of singing alone I never knew about this. I wanted to make sure I was doing it right while at home and this was SO good. People are not very good at describing how it feels to use breath the right way, but you managed to make me understand it in just a few minutes, outstanding!
Thank you so much, Ceci! I appreciate your post!
Holy mother*** of g** i cannot believe how much better i just sounded. I was breathing out with my lower muscles only for years. I didn't get it at all. I just recorded five songs...I am so much louder, clear and in-control its insane. Thank you!!
Holy smokes! Amazing! ⭐️. Remember to keep practicing it!
Miss Victoria gives me the feel of strict teacher but always looks out for her students. Love her.
I haven’t been having much problems with support but this video clearly told me otherwise. I find it much easier to go higher now. It was an instant difference in the ease. Even hitting whistle notes has gotten easier. Madam Victoria, you’re a sensation and an idol. Have a great day!!
Wow, I'm so happy that my video has helped you so much! I have a lot more to keep you busy and having fun. Thanks for sharing!
You make it so easy to understand. I don’t sing at all but I understand the logic and principles you’re teaching. I even practiced it just for fun. You’re a great instructor!
Sounds like you’re maybe ready to start singing now! (Yes, she’s a great teacher)
Honestly the only explanation of the physical sensation that makes sense to me.
Finally. Someone explains exactly what a “full breath” means. I think one reason pro singers, even classical, suddenly get vocal nodules or panic attacks/exhaustion after singing is because the breath is too full. “Take a deep breath” can be so easily misunderstood. There’s always too much of anything.
Victoria, you’re a legendary teacher. Love you!
You’re a great teacher❤️ thank you😊
I feel like I was scolded but maybe that's what I needed because this might be the first time in my life I've watched through an entire educational video and done what's taught in it
Luisa Tetrazzini gives splendid explanation in detail of this subject. She also emphasizes a risk i have myself experienced, the risk that you by overworking these important aspects of support Victoria so excellently lays out , you do not pay attention to the necessary air flow and hold it back.
Tetrazzini writes: ”….the pressure of the breath must be felt…..From the moment the note is attacked the breath must flow out with it. It is a good idea to feel at first as if one were puffing out the breath.”
So this idea of consciously letting out air ot or even slowly blowing has many times helped me to improve my own singing, of course in combination with correct support, appogio etc.
I nearly never see this helpful aspect mentioned by teachers, with exception of Tetrazzini, a once very famous italian opera singer.
Source: Tetrazzini, Luisa; Caruso, Enrico. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing (p. 2).
The Kindle edition on amazon is for free!
Tetrazzinis part of this book i find much better and more helpful than Carusos.
Victoria, I just discovered you today. This is the second vid I'vee watched. I am already a fan! I love how you explain. It works for me. I play harmonica and desperately want to learn more about singing. I am 65 so not looking for miracles. But I believe improvement, with the right guidance, is possible. Thanks so much!
Victoria, your teaching is literally a breath of fresh air... so refreshing to hear such thorough and specific explanation beyond the usual "tuck in" "tuck out" or the ever popular "ENGAGE your abs". Thank you!
This video just changed my life.
You are PRECIOUS!! Thank you so much for this video!
Hi Victoria! I've been watching you're videos for a year now and I'm gonna be honest, you have help me improve my voice!! Puberty hitted my voice hard 3 years ago and I lost my singing voice and ngl I sounded really nasal, unhealthy, raspy and many more, but then I decided to teach my self how to sing again last year and most of the vocal coach/youtubers that I have watched haven't helped me at all (which some of their lessons are kinda complicated for me to understand) but then 1 day I saw one of your videos and it really helped me a lot! The way you teach is really clean and its really easy to understand, right now my voice is actually getting better and I think its above average! The only things that I need to practice right now is breath support, how to sing clean cause sometimes when I sing I have this really ugly tone its like a voice crack but it wasn't (I've been trying to find a video about it but I dont know what its called like, and lastly I need to fix the way I pronounce some words cause its like I'm eating the words that I am saying, but other than that you are the best vocal coach that I ever know and I'm really thankful that I've known and saw your videos :))
Thank you for your wonderful post! So happy that I am helping you so much! Re your questions, I have a playlist on Vowels and 2 videos on Diction in Singing. For your other question, perhaps you mean that you have a break in your voice? See my playlist on Mixed Voice.
I really understood what breath support meant from your blowing into a balloon example, it was so easy to understand. Thanks Ma'am
I love this. Thank you!
I love you’re intensity; very engaging!
I am thrilled to have discovered you!!! You are hands down the best teacher and I’ve watched countless videos on singing. No one ever explains what we are feeling in our bodies when singing- I am ecstatic and can’t wait to watch all your other videos!!!
Thank you so much! Posts like yours make me very happy!
This is what I have been waiting for! Excellent!!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you!
Bravo, Victoria!
I NEEDED THIS!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a woodwind player; sax, clarinet, bassoon. My first revelation was to relax my abdominal muscles when breathing in. That helped. The second revelation, 4 years ago, was exactly - yes - exactly as demonstrated here. I think of it as keeping my rib cage expanded while breathing out through the instrument.
I then found that revelation numero uno no longer applied; breathing-in was no problem, my body did it for me, and snatching a quick breath was a doddle.
Of course, all this was not immediate and sometimes I fall back into old habits.
12:35 I love how cleanly you stopped the operatic note. 😊 That's something I'm still working out how to do. Thank you for the lesson! A teacher who demonstrates is a winner 🏆
ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR STYLE!
Wow! Of all the visuals that I’ve tried this one clicked, I actually got a vibrato!
Found this on reddit! So so so helpful, thank you! Also I love your energy :)
Thank you, Kyle! I am happy that it is helping you!
Just one try and I implemented this technique while I sang and it felt so much easier. No discomfort in singing or scratchy throats. You are seriously one of the best vocal coaches out there. Thank you so much for your work in these videos that you put out 😊😊
Excellent! Thank you!
Great video, great and gifted teacher!😊
Thank you!!!❤
Victoria! What a good explanation, at least for me. I’ve been searching for youtube videos that teaches Appoggio singing and yours is simple and effective. Today I have learned a lot in a single video. You are also unique, we can see your bubbly personality, which I love! It makes things like these seem simple 💕
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Here is my *PLAYLIST* for Breathing and Breath Support! More details and everything you need to know in 1 place! czcams.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
An amazing teacher, Victoria!!!!
THIS is the video I've needed. Thank you
This was the best and clear explanation about voice support on CZcams! Thank you :)
Thank you! So glad to know this!
U are an amazing teacher! I’ve been trying so hard to understand breath control and all other videos helped me in no way until found your channel thank u so much!💜
You're so welcome! That makes me happy! Hope to see you again here soon.
Thank you for making these videos!
Spectacular, Victoria! Thanks so much! 😊
I actually understood everything by 5:54 . Well explained amazing vocal coach you must be (yoda's voice).
I really like your style of teaching and the passion you put into it. It holds my attention and interest, and it makes the subject you're teaching so easy to understand. You're amazing!
I appreciate that! Thank you so much!
I agree!
So helpful and clear. I love your videos ❤❤
You’re a great character and great teacher
Thank you so much!! Come back soon!
I am a trained yoga instructor from a long time ago. The breathing and control in the lower ribs (upper abdomen) as well as the lifting up of the chest as if by a string pulling gently upwards were both something I was taught, and not many yoga schools were focusing on that abdominal control. They would all teach to push the tummy out. I hope I understood this correctly. It feel as if I did. Quite eye opening. Thank you so much. Nice to know that one discipline might inform this new one I am embarking upon.
I needed this thank you 😊
love this, thank you !!
Hello Ma'am! I really love this video and how you MAKE us understand the concept. I've been trying to figure out what breath support and "Breathing from the diaphragm" was all about. Yes I know the feeling of what it is but its just im still learning I guess lol. I really think that you could've gotten to the point quicker. But overall this video is good and better than most videos that teach breath support. OMG I JUST TRIED THIS TECHNIQUE AND HELPEEEEEEEEEEED
As I said at the beginning of the video, My objective was to EXPLAIN in DETAIL what breath support is, and then how to do it. I break it all down. A big reason so many singers don't support is because they don't know what it is. You can't do something if you don't know what it is, if you don't understand it. Happy that it is working for you! 🙂
I love how you only have to look at the pianokey to know your pitch
love your advice and your attitude
Love your energy!!! Thank you for posting these😊
I need you in my life, you’re everything I expect in a vocal professional!
Thank you. That is so sweet!
Wow! Super helpful tips and very practical too! You are not just a great singer but an amazing teacher as well! Thank you so much, Victoria!
Thank you for your lovely comment! You are very welcome and I hope to see more of you!
Good day madam, please can I contact you? I'm from Sierra Leone i want to do music and singing to be precise and I need a very good training because as of now, I'm a very bad singer and I don't know how to control my voice. Can you please help me?
Yes, you can send me a not through my website, www.healthyvocaltechnique.com/
This is extremely helpful!
This is amazing i needed this
Oh my.... finally someone is explaining breathing in an understandable way and helping me actually apply it successfully!!! I love your channel.... and I think my vocal coach will also!!!
Wow! So perfectly explained. Now I know I'm doing it rightly. Thanks a lot ma'am. You are Awesome! What a voice@
Finally youtube recommended me what I have been looking for for ages
Wonderful! I hope that it helps you. Come back again soon.
I enjoyed and learnt a lot, thanks Vickie
I love your video and your lessons are so helpful, this channel is a hidden gem
I love this tutorial. I learned a lot!
Glad it was helpful!
@@Victoria-Victorious our voice teacher once said that the lips should be round and dropped.
I thinks it’s wonderful synchronicities that I found you last night for my singing lesson today, thought “oh she is so much fun and holy moly she looks like Rita!”
And then today I’m assigned to practice “One Hand, One Heart” from West Side Story?! 😳
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🔮 #fate & #future
💖💖 New subscriber!!
Victoria, you're brilliant.
You Rock Victoria. Thanks for your work on this.
You’re a genius A real life singing genius. Thank you 🙏🏾
Awwww, thank you so much!
I LOVE that you EXPLAIN things! Bc you're so right, if we don't understand WHY, we won't do it. At least I won't.
Now I am the type of singer you described who sounds great when singing lullabies, lol. And I can easily do opera. So I've only learned to sound powerful when I'm singing high. I am working hard at strengthening my lower register, and so that I can be as versatile as you are and sing pop with some edge if I want to, which I deeply want to! I've been wondering if I should just stop trying to develop this and just accept what type of voice I've been given, but something inside me is a rebel and I refuse to believe that's all I can be.
My current voice teacher is great, but she does not teach me much about breath support. Currently she is teaching me "twang" to help me project at lower notes, and to help smooth over my vocal breaks. I'm having a hell of a time mastering that...So ty again for this video, giving examples of when we naturally feel that support, and all your others. I will incorporate this feeling into my future practice. 💗
I'm happy that my videos can help you!
Explained so well 👏
Great information. Thank you for the clarity.
Thank you Victoria ❤️, I absolutely love listening to you. There is no bulls**t. Straight to the point, I love your energy! I'm glad I found you.
I sing because I love to see people smile. On stage for charity, welcoming people to festivals. I'm always looking at improving my voice at 66 years old. Thanks again, love you xx
Hi, Gerti! Thank you for such a nice post. I am sure that your singing brings joy to others!
@@Victoria-Victorious ❤️
Great explanation! Unfortunately I wasn't ever really taught what support is and had to do research on my own to properly understand it. Your explanation was great! I would say that I like to think of my sound originating at a low point in my stomach though, in order to avoid the throat taking the strain, and in that sense I kind of think of pushing out, which works well for me - but I do understand your point of leaning against the breath.
Glad you like the video! I prefer the term "lean" as in the Italian term, _appoggiare_ . I find that when singers push, then over-support and lock.
Got it! Thanks so much x
Thank you 😊 that's very helpful
Thank you, Victoria for pointing out exactly how to do things right! Out of the many videos I've watched to improve my singing, this one was by far the best. I love your teaching style. Just subscribed and gonna be going through every single one of your videos now.
You're so welcome! I am happy to meet you! I have a ton of videos to keep you busy and having fun!
Same! Those other videos I’ve seen were the reason I never improved! She’s doing wonders!
I’m a classically trained singer and I love this
Thank you!!
Thank you for this!
Great techniques thank you 😊