8. Breathe as high as possible without shoulder movement or stiffness.
9. Use not the high breath alone, or the mid-breath, or the low breath, but use the complete breath.
10. Breathe rhythmically by counting mentally.
11. Breathe thoughtfully rather than mechanically.
12. Do not crowd the lungs or lay stress on the mere quantity of air you can inhale. The intake of breath is, for the singer, secondary to its control, economy, and application in song. Increase of lung capacity will duly appear.
13. When not singing, speaking or practising an exercise that demands it, keep your mouth shut.
ATTITUDE
Dress the neck and body loosely, so as to give the throat and trunk perfect freedom. Place the hands on the hips, so as to free the chest from the weight of the arms. Stand erect, evenly upon the balls of the feet; the body straight, but not strained. Raise the back of the head slightly without bending the neck. This action will straighten the spine, place the chest forward, and bring the abdomen backward into its proper relation.
The great majority of people are shallow breathers, chest breathers, who when told to take a "deep breath" do not know what is meant. It is therefore necessary for them first to learn what a deep breath is, and then how to take it.