Author: Sean.Perrin
Date: 2017-11-19 09:05
Here's something that sometimes works for my students as a last resort if there's a block like this.
FORGET EVERYTHING and JUST LISTEN AND MATCH. Then go back and try and reconstruct what you did.
Seriously.
Just listen to your teacher creating the sound you want (whether it's a tone, and articulation, or whatever). Then try and emulate it just using your ears. Kind of like humming back a pitch, your body MAY naturally just help you out to do what you need.
Seems to me like you are overthinking things. You can't explain someone how to hum a pitch by telling them "ok, please exhale at a rate of 200 psi while dropping the jaw down 1/4 inch and expanding the..." etc. You have to have a good inner ear and sense of what you want. This is what I mean. Of course, this assumes a general level of proficiency, I would not advise working with a beginner this way! Are you taking lessons?
As for the the cold/hot/fast air thing. I think the conclusion is that people are often describing their perceived experience instead of objective reality. The air might FEEL hotter or colder, but your body is one temperature. Is it REALLY possible to blow air that's different from your body temperature? No. It's the IDEA of one of these things, and this is why people become rightfully confused, and why it's wrong to teach them as objective truths. It's kind of like metal and plastic. These two substances feel different temperatures in the same room because they conduct energy (heat) at different rates from your body. Objectively, however, they are the same temperature.
Anyways, if you're interested in listening to a discussion about this, it was recently debated on an episode of my podcast.
See here: https://clarineat.com/57-debate-episode-2/
Founder and host of the Clarineat Podcast: http://www.clarineat.com
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