Maintaining Diaphragmatic Posture 

The beard is full of wisdom.

Your soul is still sparkling, it’s beautiful. Thanks for sharing your time, intellect, wisdom, and art.

Michael, I studied with you at CIM in the mid 70s. I am so happy to find you on RU-vid still doimg well and still generously offering your fanfastic knowledge to singers. You are a true gift to our profession. Thank you!

Awesome video! This actually clears up a really confusing part of "leaning". It's not that nothing is changing in your body, it's just keeping part of it still so the right part (your back) makes adjustments. Cool stuff

Incredibly insightful thank you.. this has solved a lot of my problems.. i was holding the miniature cough posture way too hard.. i will now focus on just keeping it still

Your book just arrived. Can’t wait to finish it!

Congratulations you are an amazing teacher and so generous to share your knowledge with all of us!!

This is a GREAT lesson! I feel that I have made a breakthrough from this. Thank you so much!

Meastro, You are one of the few teachers I trust as a 21 year old tenor who is very protective of his voice. When I try your methods, I sing with relative ease. I have a question however in regards to the ''Mini-cough'' - is this the same sort of sensation which Jerome Hines in his book ''The Four Voices of Man'' calls the ''Gagging or shoehorn position?'' Would that be a similiar sensation, as if one were vomitting? I also did some preliminary research into vomitting - disgusting subject of course but many doctors were talking about how the pharnyx contracts and the larnyx pushes up upon the event of gagging. Does that mean that I have a closed throat? or is something else happening when I do a mini-cough? When I jerk in the abdomen while attempting to breathe down in my lower back and do the mini-gag or cough, I'm cured of my nasality which has plagued me for years, I sing with relative ease up to a High D-flat. Truly, it was because of your lessons on this channel, that I'm able to do this, I'm eternally grateful. Furthermore, I think singing with this Mini-cough has cured me from singing breathy. I already suffer heavily from allergies and I live in a very dry and hot climate, add breathiness to that, and it could be a recipe for disaster. Adding to that, singing with the ''Mini-Cough'' activates my Diaphragm. This is a great thing, but on the other end what is happening at the back of the mouth and to the vocal chords and larnyx? This is my question, Meastro. - Giosue Agius

Yes indeed, it can be confusing. Thanks very much.

You are right

Put in another way, expert singing is not only how to lean (using the back muscles on still, relaxed diagpragm), but also knowing how much to lean for each individual note, with every different note and vowel needing something a bit different to maintain the same equalization of pressure. At least, that's what I'm taking away from this.

Your funny Michael….in a good way

Superbe, pourriez refaire un point sur la méthode posturale ? C'est assez miraculeux😊