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When you get ready to sing there, are many things to consider. One of these is your posture. Posture is not talked about very much but plays a big part in quality singing. Correct posture can eliminate tension and make correct breathing easier. Poor posture will also make a singer look and feel under confident.

The first thing you want to do stand up straight with both feet on the floor and equal pressure on both of the feet. Shifting your weight from one foot to the other will cause incorrect body alignment.

Make sure that the shoulders aren’t rounded or slumped. Rounded shoulders that are positioned forward, almost always result in a "sunken chest," a position that will hinder good breathing technique and control. You can stand against a wall making sure your shoulders, back, buttocks, and heels are touching the wall. This will feel strained and odd at first but while keeping the shoulders in the same position step away from the wall. Do you notice how much easier you can breathe? It also makes everything feels more correct and relaxed.

Some vocal problems can be eliminated by getting the head in a correct position. Singing with the chin that is held to high or too low constricts the sound and can cause pressure on the larynx. The best alignment for the head is that in which the head and chin are level. This is not to say that the production of the song is done in a rigid manner. The head and shoulders should be moved around, to create eye contact and involvement with the audience, but at the same time maintain the level chin position. Another problem relating to the head being held too high or too low is that the tongue muscles will be tightened, and will result in a pitch problem.

The flexed-knee position is one of the most important factors in correct body alignment. The locked knees position which is not compatible with good vocal control or sound production. The locked knees can throw the pelvis back, pulling the abdomen with it. This does not allow the abdominal area or the diaphragm adequate room to move for proper breathing to take place. When the knees are flexed back tight, it causes the circulation to be cut off and the blood to pool in the veins of the lower leg. When this happens, the heart has less blood returning to it to be sent to the brain, this can cause some people to black out. So keep the knees flexed for good singing and proper circulation.

The total physique must be coordinated in singing. Many times when a golfer wants a ball to travel a great distance, he tries to "muscle the ball," which unfortunately drops the ball about half the distance he intended. If a singer tries to "muscle a tone," it will not have as beautiful a quality, and the tone will not carry as far. It will be a "forced" tone.

Through complete coordinated use of all the muscles involved in singing, one can produce beautiful and resonant tones and maintain a consistent vocal line throughout a performance.

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