I remember seeing this same thing (in principle, anyway) in a book about
oboe playing. This was way back in college, and upon reading about it I
thought back to my high school band days -- we had some piece that had us
holding a single note tied over I think 8 measures. I was stupid enough to
try
I heard the great Clark Terry perform at the University of Maryland
several years ago and he used circular breathing...or he was a magician.
I also saw him play two trumpets at the same time...in harmony.
BTW, the trombone player in my brass quintet can circular breath.
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003,
This is on the edge of being off-topic, but I'd like to note that the
original score for La Monte Young's _Vision_ (1959), a piece with very long
sustained tones, suggested the use of a tube-and-foot-bellows device
identified as either an aerophone or as Samuel's wind machine.
I've never
At 6:26 PM -0500 12/3/03, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on
woodwinds, my impression is that it is considerably more difficult
to do on brass instruments, especially trumpet.
And if it's written for a specific individual, he/she won't need to be
told when to circular breathe -- that will be done as needed, dictated
by the phrasing on the page.
Darcy James Argue wrote:
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who
Darcy James Argue wrote:
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on woodwinds,
my impression is that it is considerably more difficult to do on brass
instruments, especially trumpet. In fact, I don't think
There was an interesting exchange regarding circular breathing between
Robert J. Lurtsema and James Galway concerning Galway's recording of a
perpetual motion work (can't remember if it was Paganini's, but the
specific work isn't important.)
Robert J. was recounting to Galway how he had aired
At 6:26 PM -0500 12/03/03, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on
woodwinds, my impression is that it is considerably more difficult
to do on brass instruments, especially trumpet.
At 08:24 AM 12/4/2003, David H. Bailey wrote:
So unless the liner notes state specifically that Marsalis did it with
circular breathing, or you have seen him perform that work in public and
actually saw him use circular breathing, I would remain skeptical about it.
When the recording came out
, December 04, 2003 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] circular breathing expression
At 08:24 AM 12/4/2003, David H. Bailey wrote:
So unless the liner notes state specifically that Marsalis did it with
circular breathing, or you have seen him perform that work in public and
actually saw him use
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 01:32 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
the last note my first trumpet is playing is very long one. about
50 seconds long, for which he will need the circular breathing
technique.
What I would do is this:
after the first fermata: circular breathing!
I was under the
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on
woodwinds, my impression is that it is considerably more difficult
to do on brass instruments, especially trumpet. In fact, I don't
think I've ever heard anyone
On 04 Dec 2003, at 08:29 AM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote:
At 6:26 PM -0500 12/03/03, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on
woodwinds, my impression is that it is considerably more
At 1:35 PM -0500 12/04/03, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hmm... I always expected that circular breathing would be easier on
a digeridoo -- maybe because the bore is so much wider than a brass
mouthpiece?
Anyway, my friend Josh Sinton, a great multi-woodwind player, first
learned to circular
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... So unless the liner notes state specifically that Marsalis did it with
circular breathing, or you have seen him perform that work in public and
actually saw
At 01:35 PM 12/4/2003, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 04 Dec 2003, at 08:29 AM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote:
At 6:26 PM -0500 12/03/03, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on
hello list,
i would like to make public my gratitude to mr. andrew stiller for all his
advice. not to bother him again, and because there might be some brass
players on the list, i'm sending this asking for help.
the last note my first trumpet is playing is very long one. about 50 seconds
long,
the last note my first trumpet is playing is very long one. about 50 seconds
long, for which he will need the circular breathing technique. it is written
using two character-W-(shift) slurred and fermated notes, as the first 30
seconds the sound is sustained along an evolving computer generated
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 01:32 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
the last note my first trumpet is playing is very long one. about 50
seconds long, for which he will need the circular breathing technique.
What I would do is this:
after the first fermata: circular breathing!
I was under the
He didn't ask if it made sense to write it in the score, he just asked
how it would be best.
I think the performer would decide how to do it -- if the performer can
do it on one breath, why bother with circular breathing? If the
performer can't do circular breathing and can't hold the note
I don't mean to pile on, but this struck me as odd as well. While I
know a number of people who are able to circular breathe on woodwinds,
my impression is that it is considerably more difficult to do on brass
instruments, especially trumpet. In fact, I don't think I've ever
heard anyone
dear listers,
thanks for all your replies. the following paragraph tries to answer some
questions my original post could arise.
well, the piece was already performed almost two years ago. but the score
was (fairly nicely) handwritten and now, after adjusting some minor details,
i'm trying to
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