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A way to improve breathing from the diaphragm is to lie on your back on a flat surface. Your goal will be to fill your lungs from the bottom causing your stomach (and diaphragm) to rise and fall. To increase resistance put a small amount of weight (such as a book) on your diaphragm and repeat this
210:, the concentrated pressure through which one produces a focused sound. True resonance will produce the greatest amount of projection available to a voice by utilizing all the key resonators found in the vocal cavity. As the sound being produced and these resonators find the same 198:
Stance is also important. Actors are taught to stand erect with the feet shoulder width apart and the upstage foot (foot farther from the audience, when not facing the audience) slightly forward. This improves balance and breathing.
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at about 2800 Hz. The size, shape, and hardness of the resonators all factor into the production of these overtones and ultimately determine the projective capacities of the voice.
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are used only to enlarge the chest cavity, whilst the counterplay between the diaphragm and
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exercise. Try standing up and seeing if you can continue to breathe from your diaphragm.
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technique is essential for proper voice projection. Whereas in normal
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talks to a class, or simply to be heard clearly, as used by an
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Titze, Ingo R. (January 2008). "The Human Instrument".
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