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Author: crab face
Date: 2005-09-19 10:09
How are you supposed to breathe out when using your diaphragm? Is your stomach supposed to stay expanded or contract?
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Author: Flute472
Date: 2005-09-19 11:59
When you inhale, by right, your diaphragm should expand because you're getting air into it to biuld air support.
When you exhale, your diaphragm should be relax.
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Author: Flute472
Date: 2005-09-20 04:05
This is from Trevor Wye's Practice Book No.5
Breathing
Place your hand on your abdomen; when breathing in, your abdomen should move out; when breathing out, it should move back in. You should become thinner when breathing out, and fatter when breathing in.
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Author: hautbois
Date: 2005-09-20 07:52
I have heeard of tons of concepts about breathing, including trevor wye's idea, but one concept which i learnt months ago from a trombone player of the concertgebouw, was that physical movement is not the most important, whereas how you want the air to flow, being the most important.
The idea here is to think of the natural breathing posture of your body. Breath in as much as you can, but do not let the air stay in your body. The inhale and exhale should be done so as it is a simultaneous action. Try a strong hissing action for breathing, this will tell you which part of your body is functioning, but do not let the physical movement judge your ability of breathing. The exhale should be just like what trevor wye said, but again focus on the air flow instead of which part of your body reacts, being focused and balance.
And also, the 'pulling concept' is relatively important. Think of the air as pulled out from your instrument, do not think of yourself pushing the air out of your body but the other way around. In this way, you can play in a more relax matter, and let the air flow naturally. Good luck!
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Author: Kayde
Date: 2005-09-28 23:00
I sing soprano and play the flute, and my music teacher tells us to expand our stomachs when breathing in, and keep it expanded as long as possible while breathing out. I don't know exactly why, but I think it would keep the air in you body longer, or something, and keep your breath support going well.
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