| Your points are well-taken, 8th, that breathing is a natural process that shouldn't be diminished or ignored relative to its importance in everthing we do.
Consider, though, that when we exhale for the most part we do so without restriction under normal circumstances. The moment we put that piece of metal up to our lips, the potential for impeding that lovely, natural exhalation has just increased. Our biggest challenge is to maintain the natural exhale with a minimum of blockage as we try to blow through all that resistant tubing. So, if we can adopt that intake and release in a natural way, as you described, all the while minimizing that impedance at the lips, we have the freedom to let the lips vibrate freely and make music with that exhalation.
There's something about introducing said piece of metal that flummoxes some folks and remembering to exhale without restriction is a worthy aim. To remember that playing trumpet is like singing is a tool towards that aim.
Thanks for your contribution, 8th.
ML |