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Re: Most often repeated 'lesson'

Author: David Peacham
Date: 2005-05-20 22:05

Tony asks 'would you be willing to say what you understand by the words, "air support"?'

I am aware of specific problems in my playing that I ascribe, at least in part, to inadequate air support:

1) Deterioration of tone quality when playing anything difficult.
2) Sharp low A and Bb when playing quietly.
3) Flat throat notes, especially "pinch" Bb (side Bb is better), when playing fast.
4) Problems tonguing upper clarion C when descending from the altissimo.

I am also aware that I find it very difficult to know whether I am really supporting the air column correctly. The endless sterile arguments about wheher air support comes from the diaphragm don't help. (Of course, any biologist can tell you that the diaphragm is not under voluntary control. That's not the point. As musicians, we can agree to use the word "diaphragm" to mean "something down there", however inaccurate this might be.)

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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.

To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.

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