Amber - Listenign Sssignemtn #4

Amber - Listening assignment #4

Apparently the hips forward position is something we really need to remember as it is presented in the videos with the two gentlemen. It is obviously affecting their ability to get a decent supply of air to work with. 

Both of these men need to relax into a more balanced posture with the hips further back in a position of balance so that the skeleton can support the weight and hold them up, not the muscles.

Then they will have better ability to sing longer phrases with more air and have a steadier, more free and less strained sound. They also won't feel so panicked for air.

Miss, Les Berceaux is showing as new and exciting technique in what I think could be called helicopter stance.  Our dear girl is seems afraid to connect with the ground. She is shifting her body weight from one hip to the other and not allowing herself time and place comfortable to let her frame/skeleton hold her up by planting BOTH feet on the ground in a proper spacing. Instead she is using more of her muscles to hold herself up in a constant hover ……..and darling whatever are you hiding behind you back in the beginning there?

This stance in the beginning where the arms are behind the back is rolling the shoulders forward, collapsing the chest and setting up a strained alignment that is robbing her of the air she needs. When she finally drops her hands to the side, her chest improves a touch, but is then pivoted slightly forward, leaving less space for her viscera to move into and allow the most efficient breath. What may be setting this all off is the head being too far forward. We have learned in our text about body alignment is that it if the top is properly aligned, the rest will be much more likely to follow.

Perhaps if she started with balancing her head, relaxing her shoulders and then  finding a grounded feeling of even support and balance where BOTH of her feet are taking on her body weight, she will have the torso freed up enough to support the higher notes where she thins out and has less control.