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Re: Building stamina without playing

Author: Niclas.e.gustafsson  Date:   2022-11-01 23:43 Hi. Way too late to the game, but I always found funny faces in front of the mirror really helps with this. Huge and constantly changing. If you understand what i mean? Not static faces. Stamina (muscle developement) comes from using your facial muscles extensively. That’s it. Often usef muscles don’t get fatigued as easily. You don’t need to build STRONG muscles. That is just nonsense. Playing should also not require any kind of pressure on the teeth, but i can see your dentist wanting to cover all basis. He/she doesn’t know, or your have a very different playing style than mine. I use a looot of air, but very light pressure to keep the mcp in place. Need to stay relaxed to voice and color the tone. Using too much muscles give me a stiff, unflexible sound. I don’t play much beyond teaching and bands anymore, but just this weekend i did 9 hours of rehersal and a 2 hour concert (World premiered a wonderful piece by Jan van der Roost! Medelpadia. Great music!!) without any more preparation than funny faces. No problem at all. I can guarantee you will get tired from less than a minute of funny faces the first week. It’s really not as easy as Jim Carrey makes it look!! Post Edited (2022-11-01 23:46)

Topics	Author	Date
Building stamina without playing  new	Lesley	2022-10-11 19:55
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	Paul Aviles	2022-10-11 22:12
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	Hunter_100	2022-10-11 22:28
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	hans	2022-10-12 06:25
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	Matt74	2022-10-12 10:02
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	SunnyDaze	2022-10-12 15:43
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	kdk	2022-10-13 00:09
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	MajorFifthMusic	2022-10-18 03:37
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	SunnyDaze	2022-10-18 14:18
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	sfalexi	2022-10-19 18:16
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	Ken Lagace	2022-10-23 02:13
Re: Building stamina without playing  new	Niclas.e.gustafsson	2022-11-01 23:43

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