Isn breathing important?
It is important but not nearly as important as people have made it out to be. Let’s put it this way: if you breathe naturally without restriction, that’s all you need. You don’t need to take breathing lessons to talk, why should singing be any different? Volume and power come from coordinated vocal cords ability to contain air pressure. In other words, if you can’t maintain vocal cord closure throughout your whole range (bridges), all the deep breaths in the world won’t help you. 3. Explain “bridges”. Think 1st gear, 2nd gear, 3rd gear, etc….As you go higher in pitch, the vocal cords need to make an adjustment. This is called a bridge or passagio (old Italian term). Bridges are the areas of your voice where your vocal cords “zip up” and vibrate more and more from the front only (as opposed to the full cord). If you have a “break” in your voice, it almost always occurs on a bridge. Many singers develop breaks and cracks in their voices due to resisting the natural bridging process. Wh
