Chapter 5

BREATHING WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

The well-developed chest--The voice-user a kind of athlete--The tremolo--Exercises recommended for the development of the chest--Forms of dress that hamper breathing--Weighing and measuring, re-measurement, etc.--Specific directions for methods to develop the chest--Warnings--Additional exercises--Breathing through the nose and through the mouth--Exercises for the development of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles--Relation of the diaphragm to the staccato effect--Forms of general exercise for the voice-user--Summary 62