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IN THIS CHAPTER

Checking out your carriage and bearing

Striking the right stance to help you sing

Lengthening, limbering, and getting ready to sing

To sing efficiently, you need to line up all your body parts and get them ready to do their job with as little tension as possible. If you’re slumped over, you have more trouble taking the breath you need to sing because posture and tension directly affect the muscles. Tension in your body also prevents you from taking a deep breath and makes singing more difficult. In this chapter, you discover how to create spot-on, tension-free posture so you can project confidence and sing your best.

In this chapter, I (gently) nag you about posture so you become physically aware of your body. In some of the exercises later in the book, you must find your alignment, open your body for breath, drop your jaw, find the correct shape for the vowel, move the breath to begin the tone, and look like you’re having a great time. That’s plenty to think about. Take some time now to really understand how your body moves and to recognize tension so you’re ready later when I ask you to do ten things at once!