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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-01-31 02:01
In 1924, at the convention ceremony to celebrate 100 years since Chicago's
inaugulation, late virtuoso Trumpeter Raffael Medez learned 'circulation breathing'
from a snake charmer from India.
So is written in the preface of "Raffael Medez Collection" published by Carl Fisher.
Cobra may bite when the charming flute ceases to play.
FYI
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-01-31 02:17
Circular breathing has been around a long time before 1924! Perhaps it originated in India - but this little story doesn't say much about the origin.
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-01-31 14:53
In fact, I was using circular breathing back in the early 1800's when I taught Muhlfield to play clarinet..........(kidding)
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Author: deebee
Date: 2001-01-31 16:12
Circular breathing is essential to didgeridoo technique (going back ?-thousands of years) - here is a site with step-by-step instructions and real audio examples -
http://aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/dig_background.html
...although the "unevenness" of tone (which makes the didge sound so interesting) is probably of less use in, say, a Brahms sonata...8^)
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-02-03 04:10
After posting, I knew Australian natives, Aboligini, use this technique.
By the way, I read an article written by a man who read a Pharmacist periodicals.
The oriignal info was written in a certain periodical in Great Britain. They searched
Sax people's (born at the end of 1800's to this date) death ages since doctors
considered Saxophonists use routinely circular breathing and this breathing is bad
to health especially blood circluation. They found Saxophonists die earlier than other musicians. But they do not show any evidence that this is caused by
circular breathing or by Saxophones.
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Author: deebee
Date: 2001-02-03 05:16
...is their problem circular breathing or WIKKID WIKKID lifestyles?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-02-03 14:12
I hope it's the circular breathing - or I'm in deep doo-doo ...
Mark C. (who's lived the "wikkid" part but can't circular breath).
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Author: wes
Date: 2001-02-19 08:02
The book "musical Instruments of India" by S. Krishnaswamy refers to "...literary evidence suggests that the nagaswaram was well known in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries." This is an oboe-related instrument or it's companion drone instrument which are played with circular breathing. The book also refers to a similar 6-holed instrument, the Nai, which is depicted on Egyptian tombs dating from 3000 B.C. The modern version is called Shenai. Maybe this is more than you wanted to know.
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