Hello Valerie, this circular breathing methode, once demonstrated to me by legendary late Josef Suttner (1881-1974) when he was high in his eighties, still able to play up to over high c, works in lyrical passages only, but never in staccato.
############################################################################## Am 12.10.2010 um 21:20 schrieb valerie wells: >> Breathing is everything within etudes. Breath just before upbeats. Shorten >> any note with a dot for the dot & breath there, but breath very quickly so >> to remain in the metronome set tempo. Realize also, that some etudes might >> be written for a single player & do not serve for anything for another >> player. Another recommendation: try to sing it & find the "breath spots".< > > This is great! I looked over Kling #13 last evening after practicing. > I couldn't remember doing anything special with this etude other than > reading through it a few times several years ago. I never thought of > it as being a breathing exercise. (DUH!) Thanks, Hans. This gives > me a new perspective for approaching this and other etudes. > > I've heard of singers using a special breathing method that helps them > draw in larger quantities more quickly. The technique involves > inhaling through both the mouth and nose simultaneously. I've seen > them learn how to do it quietly w/o making sniffy noises. It didn't > work for me, but have any of you ever tried this with success? > > Valerie Wells > The Balanced Embouchure Method > http://bebabe.wordpress.com/ > http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
