Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2019-04-17 13:56
Hi Paul,
Thanks, that's really helpful to know.
Chronic hyperventilation is largely just a habit of taking frequent small chest breaths instead of infrequent diaphragm breaths. It causes all sorts of health problems. I've been to see physiotherapists about it before, but in the end turned to playing a woodwind instrument instead, because I get the strong impression that the musicians know most about how to fix the problem.
I came to the idea of playing the clarinet partly because I have a friend who is a classical clarinetist and who has really good diaphragm breathing, and I wondered if I could learn to do the same by playing the same instrument. As I work my way up the grades, my own bad breathing patterns seem to be creeping in and being amplified by the more difficult music.
It sounds as though grade 3 is the place where I have to challenge the bad habits and start to be really disciplined about diaphragm breathing. I tried again earlier and found that when I am playing these faster pieces, I start taking very frequent chest breaths, and much more frequently than I need to. In fact if I take diaphragm breaths very infrequently, the music sounds much smoother.
I will try doing that. Thanks so much for confirming that my breathing should be staying the same in all registers. It's really good to know that.
Sunny
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