Geeblezmuzik

Accordion Acoustic bass guitar Acoustic guitar Acoustic bass guitar Aeolian harp Agung a Tamlang) (Philippine slit drum) Agung/ agong (Philippine gong) Ahoko (Ivory Coast rattle) Ajaeng Alboka (Spanish double hornpipe) Alphorn Alpine bell Alto clarinet Alto flute Alto horn Alto sarrusophone Alto saxophone Angklung (tuned bamboo slide rattle) Appalachian dulcimer Archlute Arghul (Arabic double pipe) Arpa anottolini (Italian hooked harp) Arpeggione (Italian six-string) Array Mbira (African thumb piano) Aru-ding (Philippine Jew’s harp) Aulochrome (double soprano saxophone) Babendil (Philippine gong) Baglama/ saz (Turkish strings) Balafon (xylophone from Ghana) Balalaika (Central Asian 2 or 3 stringed guitar) Bandola (plucked lute from Cuba, Chile and Peru) Bandoneón (Argentinian concertina) Bandurria (Spanish/ Latin American plucked lute) Banhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) Banjo Barbat (Iranian plucked lute) Baritone horn Baritone sarrusophone ...

Breathing is the single most important element in singing. In order to control your voice you have to put out exactly the amount of breath you need for the sound you want. That breath needs to be as focused as a laser beam. How you exhale controls the quality of the sound, the volume, the pitch and the tone. How you inhale governs how you exhale. Most people, as they walk around in their daily lives, inhale into their upper lungs i.e., their shoulders go up as does their chest. When the air is in your upper lungs, you don't have the kind of detailed control you need. A singer (or a swimmer or runner--anyone who has to control their air) should fill their lower lungs. This means that instead of a breath that is vertical, with your body expanding upwards, the breath should be horizontal, expanding outwards. Put one hand on your abdomen and the other hand on your back, both at about waist level. Inhale by filling your lower lungs with air so that your stomach sticks out....