On the Floor

I never thought I would be lying on the floor doing a yoga position to understand how to breathe.  But I have. 

My general thoughts on what a voice lesson would be like were probably about the same as everyone else who's never had one.  Walk in, sing a song, work on vowels, pitch, and get the lecture about how your hair should not be in your face, and walk out.  Lesson over.  HA!

I love my voice lessons.  I've only had three, but I'm getting the hang of it.  The first two lessons focused completely on breathing, and at first, I thought I'd never get it.  But after I worked on it at home, I began to get it.  Dr. R says that it will come with time, and it is coming.  Today, we worked equaling my break.  My chest voice is much stronger than my head voice.  Something I found out today: my break, which is the middlish range between head and chest resonance is about an E.  I thought it was an A!  So, he gave me some exercises to equal it out.  He said that my first year of lessons will basically be spent on that.  I'm excited! 

Back to the yoga position.  He was showing me how I should be breathing.  When you are lying on the floor, you don't have to work against gravity, therefore, you breathe correctly.  Pretty cool.  I figured out why voice studios tend to be large areas.  This is why.  After I was done with the exercise, I was lying there, and thinking, "OK, am I lying here for nothing, or does he have more to show me?"  It's amazing how stupid one can feel while lying on the floor :)

I'm realllllly enjoying voice lessons.  They make my day.  Along with piano lessons.  He actually told me that I should probably practice less.  More specifically, use my voice less, but I can do the physical exercises all I want.  Lying on the floor isn't exactly what I thought of as something you do in a voice lesson, but today, I have been proved wrong.