Breath Support

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A historic term in English for breath management in singing (appoggio in Italian). It attempts to describe awareness of the relationship of respiratory and muscular sensations in the torso with efficient phonation and resonation. Now often supplanted by the terms breath management or breath coordination.[1]

  1. "NATS July 2022 Pedagogy Workshop Working Group Three Science-Informed Terminology and Definitions for Voice Pedagogy" (PDF). Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources. Retrieved January 16, 2025.

Authored by: Paige De La O

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