The Breathing Cycle - Kelly Kerr Vocal Method

Module 1	Welcome!
Unit 1	Welcome!
Module 2	Lesson One - How Your Voice is Produced. First release movements.
Unit 1	Lesson One Introduction
Unit 2	Optimum Tempo
Unit 3	Voice Mechanics
Unit 4	Home Position
Unit 5	Stance
Unit 6	Home Position Exercise
Unit 7	Lesson One Summary
Unit 8	Cheeks
Module 3	Lesson One Vocal Workouts
Unit 1	Vocal Workout - Home Position
Unit 2	Vocal Workout 1
Unit 3	Home Position
Module 4	Lesson Two - Breathing Basics
Unit 1	Breathing Basics – Lecture
Unit 2	The Breathing Cycle
Unit 3	How to Inhale and Exhale
Unit 4	Breath Control
Unit 5	Top of the Breath
Unit 6	Comfortable Full
Unit 7	Stillness at the Top of the Breath
Unit 8	How to maintain an open throat at the top of the breath
Unit 9	Breathing in the Mask
Unit 10	Basic Breathing Techniques
Unit 11	Breathing Basics Summary Exercise
Unit 12	Summary Breathing Basics
Unit 13	Breathing Basics Exercises
Module 5	Lesson Three - How to Find Your Real Voice
Unit 1	Lesson Three Lecture
Unit 2	Initiating the Tone
Unit 3	Inside Voice
Unit 4	Inside Voice Pitch Line
Unit 5	Tuning the Vocal Instrument
Unit 6	Sustain pitch: 110hz, 220hz, 440hz
Unit 7	Lesson Three Summary
Unit 8	Lesson Three Exercises
Unit 9	Vocalise Top of the Breath
Module 6	Lesson Four - Jaw, Face and the Middle Voice
Unit 1	The Middle Voice Range
Unit 2	Facial Mask Workout
Unit 3	Siren Exercise
Unit 4	Vocalise Sustained A
Unit 5	Nose and Sinuses
Unit 6	Jaw
Unit 7	Head Placement
Unit 8	Mid Head to Chest Relationship
Module 7	Lesson Five - Posture - Vocal Exercises to Tune and Tone the Voice
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Module 8	Lesson Six - Tuning and Toning the Singing Voice
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Today’s session:

Four parts of the breathing cycle.
- Inhale - In breath
- Top of the breath
- Exhale - Out breath
- Bottom of the breath

The Inhale

Air moves into your upper body in a continuous, fluid motion. The lungs fill and the chest expands.

Top of the Breath

The end of the inhale is called the, “Top of the Breath”. It is not a set amount of air, but a location at the end of the inhale, before the exhale begins.

The Exhale

The chest gently deflates downward as the air leaves the lungs. The breath leaves the chest and nose in a steady, even flow. With no jerking of moving in the vocal core.

The vocal core contracts evenly.

All points remain open and rested. And no added effort in the vocal core.

Bottom of the Breath

The end of the exhale, is called the, “Bottom of the Breath”.

It is a designation of a place in the breath cycle, and does not indicate a specific volume or capacity.

Goals

Name each stage of the breathing cycle.
Remain mindful for the entire breathing cycle. You are able to ‘track’ each degree of an in and out breath in the vocal core, without letting your mind wander.
Larynx is passive. Breaths are silent.
All vocal locks remain in rested position and move in response to the in and out flow of the breath cycle in the upper respiratory/chest.
There is no extra effort to push the air out or draw the breath in.

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