Practical Benefits & The Diaphragm In my last couple of posts I gave you specific, practical ways to apply and maintain the appoggio physical position. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to practice that some, and hopefully your back muscles aren’t too sore! In this post I’d like to talk some more about the benefits of ...…
Maintaining Appoggio In my last post I talked some more about the nuts and bolts of appoggio and gave you some practical ways to assume its physical position. I mentioned that it is more difficult to maintain than to position yourself into but certainly not impossible with some practice. In this post I want to ...…
What Is Appoggio? While the word appoggio may be completely foreign to you right now, it won’t be by the end of this blog. I want to give you some idea about what appoggio is and how it can improve your singing by working on you breathing technique, your breath management, which is one of ...…
Techniques to Help Correct Posture As I mentioned previously, maintaining appoggio, in association with proper posture, has more to do with the coordination of the muscles in the vocal tract (the chest, the upper and lower abdomen and the navel) than it does simply holding up the chest and keeping the ribs out. This is ...…
