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Singing songs requires getting a full breath quickly — a quick inhalation — because the orchestra can’t wait five minutes for you to find the air. Knowing how your body feels when you inhale helps you quickly get air in your body so you can sing the next phrase. Use the following exercise to explore your own inhalation and get a feel for how your body needs to move when you inhale and exhale.

Pretend that you see someone you’re really happy to see. The surprise breath that you take feels like the air just rushed into your body. You can also pretend that someone told you something shocking.

You probably just took a really quick breath. Quickly filling your lungs with air is the way you want to breathe when singing. As you read this chapter, you discover how to open your body so the breath intake is silent.

When you’re working on breath control, you may find yourself yawning. The body gets confused with the different amount of air coming in, and you yawn. My students yawn during lessons and are embarrassed at first. I tell them that it’s okay to yawn when working on breath coordination.