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Originally Posted by bigaggietrumpet players will take a breath, then hold it for an instant. Apparently, this causes a tension on the lips that has a strong detrimental effect on the attack. His solution was just to breathe in rhythm, more specifically inhale on the halfbeat before your first note. Always seemed to work better for me, though I'll try this now. |
Makes sense too, if you practice so it becomes automatic. Very similar. Sam's thread went on for quite a bit ... the emphasis was on making things simple and automatic. Not difficult, or making you think (ok, breathe, set embouchure, tongue, attack --- ugh!). Sam goes a little further by using the whole body.
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