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Re: Breathing/Embouchure Collapse Issue

Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2015-08-11 04:35

I do not see anything out of the ordinary in your pictures and am wondering if there is some issue with breathing.

When I played oboe (thank goodness I went back to clarinet) I would get very fatigued and it seemed to me the issue was not enough of the breathed in air getting back out before it started to effect how I was playing. I would get tired and wool-y headed. One thing you hear oboe players doing a lot is breathing out during rests rather than breathing in like we would do on clarinet....just to get rid of the carbon dioxide that builds up in the lungs. I would even mark my music with - and + to plan where I would exhale or inhale. You might try breathing out small puffs from time to time as you play to see if the tiredness is effected. Worth a try, anyway.

John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com

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