When I studied horn 40 years ago, I was told to take deep breath, expanding lower rib cage and below, then support sound as you play by pushing out ( some said), pulling in (others said), pushing down(another said). A later voice teacher told me to support sound as above and would chastise me when she could "hear" I was not supporting sound. I know that in the voice area there have many books written on this subject. However, a recent horn teacher advocated taking the good deep breath as above and as you play, don't worry about it. Things will take care of themselves naturally. That goes against the earlier training, but I get the idea that the recent horn teacher may not be the only one advocating that. What to do! Ron _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
