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Re: Air Pressure inside Mouth

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-06-27 22:26

So much wonderful information in Tony's response!

I would only add that when I execute a "stopped tongue" exercise (you continue "blowing" as if you are playing, but you stop the sound and flow of air by placing the tongue on the reed), you continue to feel the "effort" as you continue to push.

So there is "effort" and perhaps pressure per se but I don't know if it is helpful to actually try to be conscious of PRESSURE in and of itself, certainly nothing like what might force cheeks to bulge or anything like that! Dizzy Gillespie might have looked cool, but the bulging cheeks are counterproductive to good technique.

..............Paul Aviles

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