Silent Breath

We want to talk to you about breathing in silently.  This is something that helps a lot of singers achieve a raised soft palate, which is a very important part of singing.   It creates a “yawn” feeling in the back of your throat.  Take a straw breath like we’ve discussed previously breathing in as much breath as you possible can and feel it down nice and low.  As you’re doing it you don’t want to hear that aspirated gasping sound at all!  If you do, you are not breathing correctly and it can cause dryness in your vocal instrument.  What you want to do is make a “yawn” feeling in the back of your throat, raise your soft palate and take in a silent breath.  You will hear the air go past your teeth but it will not have a whistling, aspirated sound.  Try mastering this important vocal breathing technique.