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Re: How Should I Breath on Reveille?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-06-26 12:20

Just to be clear - you aren't expecting to play the whole page on one breath, are you?

There are obvious places where the phrase ends with a long note where you would naturally breathe. For instance, the note at the end of the first staff is a "pick-up" to the faster passage on staff 2. Breathe before this pick-up note. At bar 18 there's another pick-up on beat 2 - breathe before it (after the tied note).

If those kinds of phrase ends/beginnings are too far apart for comfort, find a place where you can "catch" a quick breath to get you to the next phrase end.

Be careful that you aren't blowing so hard and playing so loud that you're using your air too fast. The louder you play, the more often you need to breathe. So play as loud or soft as the music seems to need (this is a military bugle call, so it's loud, but don't force it or distort the sound) but know that you'll have to breathe more often for loud (forte) playing.

Karl

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