Breathing Techniques Flashcards
Warm-up.
First of all, I always warm up for example I do a siren - then demonstrate. This helps engage the nasal resonators.
Wake up resonators.
Switch on my twang and engage the nasal resonator by doing a nweah. It’s important to use nasal resonators in BU21 because we’re trying to be quiet but we still want to be heard. The twang makes you be soft but since we’re using the nasal resonators it really pings out.
Waking up my diaphragm.
I would breathe in on an s.
That way I can really feel where my daipragm is.
Engage my diaphragm.
Breathe out on a ch.
Why do I move and loosen my jaw?
Breathing out on a chu can make my jaw tight so then I use my hands to manipulate my jaw to loosen them and to create space in my mouth for projection.
Working on lung capacity.
Breathing in and out for extended counts.
Working on projection.
By humming and releasing on an r. Demonstrate. When I breathe out on an r I’m engaging my diaphragm using the intercostal muscles, the muscles at the side of my rib cage, to keep ribs expanded.
How does diagram kick link to projection?
I use a diaphragm kick during the parts of my speeches when I want to have a quick burst of power. For example “no faith” and “a massive massive bang”. Projection makes sure you’re using your diaphragm and not clavicular breathing which can damage the voice.
Why is it important to have increased lung capacity and work on your intercostal muscles?
In Shakespeare, you don’t want to break the iambic pentameter (the rhythm of it) but for BU21 too because there are some long sentences and it wouldn’t be appropriate to breathe in the middle because you’re creating an atmosphere of panic.
