| I am not sure you have the whole story. Enough air is critical and you surely are capable of breathing deeply. After you take that deep breath, the most critical moment comes - change from inhale to exhale without tightening the throat or trying to hold the air in. You MUST immediately EXHALE after filling up. Holding the air in or tightening the throat will DESTROY your sound.
If you have been breathing wrong, have patience, it will take time to break the terrible habit. This is why a good teacher is necessary from day one.
The quality of your sound is not linear to the amount of air that you intake (there will be great debate on this point). The big breath is there to make other factors function properly.
I teach: inhale deeply and when you are full up, immediately start to exhale. Practice this without tonguing. Inhale-exhale. You can also put a cardboard tube (like from a toilet paper roll) in your mouth and practice "openly" inhaling-exhaling. Be careful not to hyperventilate when practicing - if you black out, you may not be practicing further for a while!
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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. |