Emily F. listening assignment #4 posture/breathing

Emily F. listening assignment #4 posture/breathing:

Les Berceaux: She didn't use her skeleton to hold her up. Her weight was not evenly distributed on her hips. She kept shifting back and forth. This makes me think that each knee was probably taking turns locking, and that the weight was not placed on the tripod of the foot. The shifting also makes me think that she had tucked-under hips. Her neck was jutting forward, so her A-O joint was out of alignment, and her thoracic to lumbar relationship was not great either. All of this alignment stuff contributed to a somewhat concave chest, making breathing difficult. Her breathing was clavicular, making her breaths shallow and gaspy. This made the timbre weak in the upper range, and ungrounded.

Sebben Crudele: He had similar issues. His hips seemed farther forward than his chest, so his spine was in a position of weakness. His neck was pushed forward, indicating lack of A-O alignment. His weight shifting indicated lack of weight distribution. His breathing seemed to be more from the sides. I think if his alignment were better, the timbre would have been more free, particularly in the upper range. The sound was somewhat pressed because of the A-O misalignment.

The Roadside Fire: He was balancing more on the balls of his feet, and locking knees, alternating legs. His arms were not allowed to be free, I think because his chest wasn't high enough. I think this was a result of misalignment of the spine, thoracic to lumbar. His inhalation would have been helped with better alignment, but his exhalation was where I heard more problems--he seemed to press his abdominal muscles upon phonation, so that he ran out of air faster. I think with better alignment he would have had a freer sound.