Author: Alexis
Date: 2019-03-21 11:37
not knowing the piece, won’t you ultimately play with the other clarinet? And make an agreement what to do in the concert?
Or, take a quick breath why other people play
Or play the note softer
I would exhaust all other options before spending lots of time trying to learn circular breathing.
Prob with circular breathing is that until you are really confident, doing it on a single note (as opposed to passagework) doesn’t work very well. Also, as someone who does circular breathe, I actually use it extremely rarely.
As for tips, its really really hard to give any advice without seeing what you are doing. But, here goes.
The air is already in your cheeks. Its there now. Your lunga are not connected to the expulsion of air by your cheeks - thats just your cheeks pushing out the existing air.
As your lungs are not occupied with the outbreath, thats why you can take air in through your nose (into your lungs)
I learnt through blowing raspberries (not sure this translates, but like the sound brass players make) with my cheeks puffed out and trying to keep this sound going while breathing through my nose.
Consider if its really necessary though!
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