| It took me about 15 minutes to teach myself to circular breathe on my Didgeridoo. Putting the concept to the trumpet too a little bit longer because of the size difference of the mouthpeices, but I now can circular breathe pretty fluidly and rarely have my sound stop.
While it is a gimmick in most respects, it does come in handy in situations where fermatas are held longer than you prepared for, or when you have to play long slurred phrases that non brass players love to write.
The hardest part of learning it for me was the cheek puffing part, since I was always taught not to puff my cheeks out when I play. After I got used to that, it was just a matter of focussing on making my sound smooth so the breath is unnoticable.
Tunes like Moto Perpetuo by Paganinni are where it would be used. |