On the basis of the diagnostic results yielded by the international project "The Coordination between Musical Hearing and Vocal Apparatus of 6-8-Year-Old Children during the Process of Singing: Comparative Study in Latvia, Lithuania and Taiwan", strategies for the development of 6-8-year-old children's breathing for singing were formulated in three areas (breath support, formation of the sensation of inhalation and exhalation, and breath energy), as well as exercises for the development of correct breathing in singing were devised. Research aim: to design strategies for developing 6-8-year-old children's breathing for singing.Keywords: 6-8-year-old children's process of singing, strategies for the development of breathing for singing, exercises.
ConclusionsThe development of 6-8-year-old children's breathing for singing is an integral part of the formation and development of child's vocal apparatus. Among the typical breathing problems identified in the age group of children (6-8) under the research are: a) a shallow, short breathing, b) insufficiently deep, active, full inhalation and exhalation, c) breathing with one's shoulders raised, d) a wrong posture of the torso.The strategies for the development of breathing for singing, designed during the research, (breathing support, the formation of the sensation of inhalation and exhalation and breath energy) may be employed at tackling similar breathing problems in work with 6-8-year-old children.