Ep.253 The S-Word: Why It's Time to Rethink 'Support' in Singing Teaching with Line Hilton
Singing Teachers TalkShow Notes
Line Hilton hosts the Singing Teachers Talk podcast and challenges the continued, vague use of “support” and appoggio in breath management teaching, arguing that research shows no single correct breathing strategy among elite singers and that singers often misidentify what their respiratory muscles are doing. She explains how singing uses much larger lung-volume ranges than speech, often requiring controlled braking against passive recoil rather than pushing more air, and notes that trained s...
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