| That's exactly right.
The breathing pattern that many people use of breathing in, holding the breath (which OFTEN but not always is accompanied by a tightening of the abdomen) and then releasing is anathema my way of producing the sound. Can I do it? Yes. Do I want to? No. Even in the highest part of my register I try to relase when full without hesitation.
The end of the breath is the start of the note.
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