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Author: Morrigan
Date: 2010-07-03 12:16
Hi everyone,
I was practicing this morning with a focus on posture, breathing and resonance. I was reminded of a lesson years ago where my teacher got me to breathe in through my nose before playing, as a means of making me more aware of breathing. I was trying it again today and I was struck by a thought: why can't we do this all the time?
Provided you have the time to breathe through the nose, is there any reason not to?
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-07-03 12:46
Er...if possible we do this, as it doesn't mess up the embouchure, especially in the middle of some tricky passage. Of course, the windway through the nose has only limited bandwidth, so sometimes you must use the mouth...
But you touch an important topic - breathing technique ist very important but often neglected. You'll learn it the hard way when you switch to bass clarinet or bari sax...
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Ben
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2010-07-03 15:32
Just easier to get a lot of air, faster through the mouth. So for a short quarter note rest, it's easy, quieter, and faster to draw breath through the mouth.
But there's no reason you can't breath through the nose. Heck, you gotta do it to circular breathe anyway. So if you get good enough at circular breathing, you can breathe as often as you want through the nose. But I can't, so when I need a breath, I need it NOW!
Alexi
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-07-03 16:06
I see no problem with breathing through your nose, assuming you don't have a head cold of course, but I don't think it is necessary. I think most players breath via the mouth because as Alexi said above, you can get more air into your lungs a whole lot faster that way. When you have a 16th note rest to take a breath there is not other way. There is no need to upset, or having to reform, your embouchure by breathing via the mouth when done properly. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Morrigan
Date: 2010-07-03 17:00
But you see I feel this might solve a fundamental problem: people are hung up about breathing. They raise their shoulders, shorten the neck, and generally let tension take hold and as a result, produce a sound of less quality and resonance than if they breathed in a relaxed, efficient way. This isn't to say everyone does this. My teacher in college taught breathing very well (we read a lot of Arnold...) and I think changing to the nose, even sometimes, helps to remind us that breathing is a very relaxing and natural process.
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Author: salzo
Date: 2010-07-04 15:36
"But you see I feel this might solve a fundamental problem: people are hung up about breathing. They raise their shoulders, shorten the neck, and generally let tension take hold and as a result, produce a sound of less quality and resonance than if they breathed in a relaxed, efficient way. This isn't to say everyone does this. My teacher in college taught breathing very well (we read a lot of Arnold...) and I think changing to the nose, even sometimes, helps to remind us that breathing is a very relaxing and natural process."
That is an interesting point.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2010-07-04 19:25
I have sinus issues, 3 operations in the last few years. It actually helped a lot. If you circular it's a wonderful asset, actually one of the reasons I went through the surgeries.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
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