Crowmadic,
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"Faster Air," to me, means more air.
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This is an excerpt from an article by John Hagstrom from the Chicago Symphony:
- Everyone has been told at one time or another in their training to use more air support, which gets distilled down into 'Use more air!'
He goes on to provide a very nice discussion clearing up a number of misconceptions, and "using more air" is certainly a misconception as you've described it in your post (i.e. flow rate versus pressure)!
You can find his article, along with some other comments that I have grouped together from various sources in a post called
Releasing vs. Pushing.
If you take an average inhale (somewhere between how you breathe sitting at your computer reading this and the volume of air that Charlie Vernon sucks in on stage at Symphony Center in Chicago), you may then feel compelled to “push” the air out on the exhale to various degrees based on the register that you are playing in.
If you take an alternate approach, and really fill up with air (pressurize your lungs by taking a complete, relaxed, but full breath) and then simply “let” the air out, this increased pressure in your lungs will cause the air to come out faster. Higher pressure wants to rush out more quickly to room pressure. You don’t have to aggressively blow the air out to “support” your sound. You simply need to assure that your tank is full of air and make sure to breathe again well before you run out of air. Never let your air supply dip below half full.
There are some great suggestions regarding these ideas in a post about the
David Krauss ITG clinic.
Hope these ideas are helpful!