Chapter 88: A Breath of Dantian Qi
In fact, the dantian qi referred to in singing is similar to the dantian qi mentioned in yoga and martial arts. The so-called dantian refers to the position of about one and a half inches below the navel of the human body, where it is easiest to condense the innate true qi possessed by the human body.
The dantian qi that vocal singing talks about is more straightforward to explain. It means that people need to inhale their breath around the navel before they can sing a lyric.
Because vocal singing needs to be supported by abundant breath, once the breath is not enough in singing, the voice will not be supported. Therefore, the amount of breath required for vocal singing is more than normal speaking. Before singing, the fuller and stronger the breath, the easier and more powerful the singing will be. From this point of view, whether it is bel canto, ethnic, popular, primitive ecology and various folk singing methods, they all have certain requirements for breathing.
At present, it is internationally recognized that the best breathing method for singing is chest and abdominal breathing, because this breathing method can inhale the breath deeper and inhale a larger amount of air at one time. But it's easier said than done. Because when people inhale downward, they will be limited by the reverse pressure of the diaphragm, resulting in the inhalation of the air to a certain extent, and it will not be able to go down. This phenomenon is very common among amateur singers.
In fact, it is very important to inhale the breath deeply. This is because the deep breath causes the entire vocal organs in the throat, including the vocal cords, to move downward during inhalation. So if you can always sing the song with a deep inhalation during the singing process, you can achieve the low laryngeal singing that is very advocated in the scientific singing method, and only the low laryngeal singing will not cause tension in the throat organs and muscles, and will not damage the vocal cords.
But this is very difficult to do, because during the singing, the singer lifts the muscles of the larynx upwards as the amount of breath stored in the body gradually decreases. When lifted to a certain extent, it forms squeezing and trapping, which will make the tone thinner and narrower. Since the vocal cords and all the organs in the throat become extremely tense during the process of squeezing and seizing the throat, the higher the voice sings, the higher the muscle tension. When you reach a certain limit, it collapses. The phenomenon that manifests itself will first break the sound, and even if it does not break the sound, it will make a sound similar to killing a chicken.
In this case, in technical terms, it is due to the incorrect vocal method, which leads to the inconsistency of the timbre. On the surface, this is just an effect on the timbre of the singing. In fact, the wrong chicken-killing singing will bring great damage and potential danger to the vocal organs and surrounding muscles every time. Frequent high-intensity singing with throat entrapment and squeezing will eventually lead to inflammatory lesions in the vocal cords, surrounding muscles and various throat organs, including the tonsils, ranging from vocal cord polyps and vocal cord nodules to nasopharyngeal lesions, middle ear lesions, and even lung lesions. Because the mouth, nose, ears, pharynx, and lungs are all connected, these organs, including the interconnected ducts, actively participate in the resonance when making sounds, so it is not surprising that there are associated lesions with each other.
Many pop singers, including artists in the hosting industry, especially rock singers and those who like to shout loudly and have a radical style of "energetic" hosts, as well as some storytelling cross talk actors who can't do without their voices, because they (she) have not put enough effort into practicing dantian qi, and too much squeezing cards to make their voices, with the accumulation of years of singing, hosting and theatrical performances, many of them suffer from throat diseases in high-intensity performances and work that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Some even suffer from incurable terminal diseases in the throat and lungs, and die young. This is by no means sensational, and there are many living examples to follow.
Therefore, the importance of scientific singing and scientific voice should be alerted to the world.
Qiao Qiao has been influenced by singing since she was a child, and she deeply knows that the dantian qi she is learning from this "sad magic sound" teacher is correct, but she also has some doubts in her heart.
Because in her impression, there is a traditional understanding of the scientific singing method of three-chamber resonance. It is believed that the thoracic, pharyngeal, and cephalic cavities are involved in resonance is the correct way to produce sound.
But now, the "master" made her focus her voice and shake it back and forth between her ears while singing, which made her feel both fresh and a little incomprehensible. Because the vocal cavities between the two ears mainly include the sphenoid sinus and the frontal sinus, these two groups of resonance cavities are the main parts that make up the resonance of the head cavity. If you only pursue singing and vocalizing with these two parts, you will inevitably go sideways.
However, Qiao Qiao is now in the youth of the pursuit of new things, and she knows that this singing method may not be correct, but she wants to try it because she likes it.
Qiao Qiao practiced for a while according to the vocalization method of "magic sound", and felt a little dizzy. She thought it was caused by her staying up all night, so she didn't take it seriously. She rested for a while and resumed her practice.
Time and space transformation, let's talk about Wu Dalang in the warehouse of the "Bone Village" restaurant thousands of miles away.
Wu Dalang, who had been in a coma for a while, finally woke up. As soon as he woke up, he immediately lay on the ground, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Rely on your mother's rising sun to sing, why don't you pee into the wine jar and trick me into drinking! You little dog, you killed Grandpa Wu." Rising Sun puppy, if one day you fall into my hands, I will pee in your mouth and let you repay Grandpa for the humiliation I have suffered today. Hmph, if you don't take revenge, I, Wu Dalang, swear not to be a person!"
Speaking of this, I saw that his expression was hideous, his eyes were red, and he was like a beast about to choose a man to devour.
Wu Dalang complained about the sky here, but he didn't think about it at all, his bent desire to drink other people's wine was the reason why he mistakenly ingested human urine, who could complain?
Wu Dalang scolded for a while, and felt that his mouth was full of dry hair, and his throat was fishy and smelly. He suddenly remembered that Woodstar had taught him to set fire to the storeroom. So, he came to his head again, dragging his numb right leg and crawling around the warehouse looking for the tools to light the fire. Finally, he found an "ignition gun" for a kitchen stove in a corner. Wu Dalang's mind was full of resentment at the moment, and he had even lost his mind a little. He crawled up to a pile of "dining room tablecloths" near the window of the warehouse and set the middle one on fire with a torch. Soon, the tablecloths stacked on top of each other burned layer by layer. After a while, the flames reached the windowsill, and the smoke began to fill the storeroom.
Under the reflection of the firelight, Wu Dalang climbed to the front of the gate where he was hiding just now. He picked up his phone and wanted to take a picture of the scene and send it to Woodstar. But at a glance, I saw the two messages from Woodstar on my phone. After pondering for a while, he finally understood the taste, and he was suddenly frightened!