[Menvi-discuss] braille music question

[Bettie Downing]

OK  I'll give you that, but what I meant was if a breath mark is there it's for a good reason.  Most composers just leave it up to the singer.  And I think that is what you're saying.  But if the composer goes to the trouble to put in a breath mark it would probably be unusual and important.


On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:

> At the end yes, but not when one is still a student. Some pieces have phrases that are super high, supposed to be piano and range from 5-9 measures with a quarter rest in-between them. I've heard of even more difficult pieces by Verdi, but I've not encountered them. Also, even professionals can't do some of the baroque phrasing that was meant for castrati in one breath.
> Singing is supposed to be relaxed and although the goal is to breathe when the composer says breathe, it isn't always possible to hold out that long in the beginning.
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message----- From: Bettie Downing
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> If the music says breathe, you breathe.  It's not up to you but the composer.
> 
> 
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> Although I've never encountered this, I'd guess a half breath is a breath done in an eighth-quarter note and a full breath is done in a half note or more.
>> Eventually a vocalist will only need to take the amount of air they need for the notes and no more.
>> I'm guessing the point of breath marks is to either remind vocalists to breathe, or to tell the singer to hold through the rests and not breathe till the breath marks.
>> Otherwise I would just not worry about it. Just breathe when you need, especially in the beginning. Even in the middle of the phrase if you find yourself out of air, singing on the throat is worse than saying:
>> "The man" breath "Loved the girl..."
>> In time breath will get to where you will be able to know exactly how much breath you need for each phrase and you will take that much breath and no more, but that isn't till after you can sing every phrase in one breath and that is very comfortable.
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>> -----Original Message----- From: Kelsey Nicolay
>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 7:18 AM
>> To: menvi-discuss at menvi.org
>> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] braille music question
>> 
>> Hello,
>> I'm wondering if a vocalist can help me out.  In a lot of choir
>> music I've sung, I've come apr half breath and full breath marks.
>> Can someone explain to me what the difference is, I'm a little
>> confused.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Kelsey Nicolay
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