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Old 02-28-2005, 04:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
Manny Laureano
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Originally Posted by musiclifeline
Thankya thankya Manny and Jeroen... will do.... and will try not to continue making a mess of the octave slur. (It's funny, I can do it fine if I'm just playing those 8 bars, but if I start from the top of the etude, I can't quite make that slur! Will keep at it though.)
That's because you're breathing diferently by the time you get there and you're experiencing lip fatigue from embouchure instability. It's a classic thing. The breathing is the place to start, though. Big breaths to maintain relaxation all the time! The breath you take when you take a running start at it is different form sneaking in sips and then trying to support the embouchure with those sips.

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