Proper Posture For Singing?
When singing most people know that you should not hunch over because you are then collapsing your belly and making it hard for your diaphragm to move as it should, which will kill breath support for your voice.
However there is a little bit more to the proper posture for singing. There are few very subtle things that really make a difference.
Firstly, of course you should stand straight. Most people hunch just a little bit when they stand, stand as straight as you can.
Next relax your shoulders and let them hang freely. Now we are going to arch the upper back forward. By upper back I mean right between the scapula’s. Or, another way to think of it is arching your sternum upward. This will expand the chest cavity and rib cage to maximum, before a breath is taken. It’s important to hold the arched sternum position when singing. If you let your sternum collapse it will cause you to lose power in your voice (support) and slip into an unwanted falsetto. This is especially true to when singing powerful notes in the higher range.
The head should be level, or just tipped back a bit, depending on the singers preference. But, never tipped forward and down, this starts to fold the opening of the throat and cut off the resonance of the voice into the head cavities.
The knees and hips should be relaxed. The end resulting stance will have the singer standing as if defiant or proud. This stance helps support the voice.
This posture should be in place before a breath is taken and held the whole time while singing.
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