I tried to apply the breathing techniques instructed by Camille & Jonathan, but I am puzzled at how to end a phrase naturally and timely (i.e., with natural tail/vibrato/decrescendo, and without tension, cutting off abruptly, or singing/dagging over the time.)

In Jonathan's tutorials 'Finding Your Breath/phrasing', he mentioned that our breath was like water in an ongoing pipe that doesn't stop flowing when we turn off the tap water. However, I don't know how to end my singing/note timely if I keep the flow/breath going. The singing/voice would go over time if I don't cut of some sort of air in some way, somehow.

I also love how Camille always ends the phrases with a soft tail and natural vibrato. I am wondering how I can stop my notes timely and naturally like that?  Can you please tell me what we should do with our breathing (pipe/flow) or how do we 'turn off the tap water' without stopping the flow in the pipe? Thank you so much!!

Hi, Judy! When the sound stops, that means our air flow and phonation have also stopped. But I think the idea Jonathan is getting at is that we don't close the vocal folds completely to abruptly stop the sound. Rather, a good visualization is to release the note "up" into the air so it fades naturally, as opposed to cutting it off at our throat. In general, I like to let each note end when it "wants" to, or when it feels most natural to. If that doesn't make sense, I apologize! It's such a great question, and an interesting one to think about - but it's admittedly difficult to describe.