Stagger breathing (also staggered breathing) is a technique for

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

singers and

wind instrument A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitc ...

players as part of an ensemble, by which no breath gaps can be heard in favour of a continuous sound effect. It is used mostly at particular points predestined to breathe rather than during a whole musical work.{{cite web , title=Staggered breathing , url=https://musicterms.artopium.com/s/Staggeredbreathing.htm , website=Artopium , accessdate=25 July 2019

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Singing techniques