Circular Breathing
Tuesday July 31 2007
Stumbled on this resource for circular breathing written by Dr. Terry Ewell. The guy is quite well known in the double reed world, and I believe was a president (or vice president) at one time of the IDRS….
There’s a fun youtube clip of him when he was in the Seattle Youth Phil soloing. He played bumblebee for an encore!
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Aug 1, 2007
Those are great videos…he says the notes with more resistance are easier to CB on, which implies the oboe should be easier than the bassoon in general…however, i wonder if the oboe embouchure makes it harder to puff out the cheeks and maintain good support or if it varies by individual facial structure to some extent…I get the concept but I have a hard time creating a big enough pocket of air in the front of my mouth…what he says about masking the hiccup is very interesting too..that it’s actually better to do it on the more detailed passages…i always assumed it would make sense to CB during a half or whole note (thinking Strauss here), but apparently not! thanx for the link.
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