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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-12-11 15:04
You're best getting advice directly from someone that can do it as some things are easier demonstrated than read up on - and best from an oboist that can do this.
I only realised how it's done when a Sicillian oboist who only happened to be in the area popped into the music shop where I used to work and played the entire opening of the Strauss concerto circular breathing (he also used open C# which I can't do as I've got the LH1 fingerplate screwed down).
There's always talk of practicing it by blowing through a straw into a glass of water, but this doesn't have any resistance which is what you need to make circular breathing possible. The best note to practice it on is the upper register D or Eb as they're easy and stable notes and have just the right amount of breath resistance.
The tricky part is reinstating the air from your lungs after having taken in a fresh breath, but that will get better with practice, also the tone quality from the reserve breath (the air held in your mouth while you exhale and inhale a fresh breath) won't be as good, but again that can be improved with practice.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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JRC |
2011-12-11 13:16 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-12-11 13:21 |
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GoodWinds |
2011-12-11 14:38 |
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Re: Circular Breathing new |
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Chris P |
2011-12-11 15:04 |
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JRC |
2011-12-12 03:15 |
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jhoyla |
2011-12-12 07:02 |
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JRC |
2011-12-12 13:33 |
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oboesax |
2011-12-13 02:08 |
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jhoyla |
2011-12-13 11:53 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-12-13 15:05 |
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oboedrew |
2011-12-13 21:09 |
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