Circular Breathing

[mnkyman]

if u dont know what it is ...its when u can hold a note for ...minutes..(record i believe is like 5 hours set on an alto sax)

 

its were your breathing through your nose and exausting the air out of your mouth...creating a "circular motion"

 

 

can anyone here do it?

[Xenon]

I haven't practiced it very much, but I can only do it for 2 or 3 circulations, and not consistently at that.

[itsstephenyo]

im ok at it. truthfully... its kind of a useless skill. there are very few instances when u need to hold ur note for 5 hours.

[Xenon]

  itsstephenyo said:

its kind of a useless skill. there are very few instances when u need to hold ur note for 5 hours.

But there are quite a few instances when you might need to do it during long fast runs where you wouldn't normally get a chance to breathe. I've mostly seen Bassoon players doing it though. Bassoon solos can get absolutely crazy.

[davidpowell]

I can do it, but not horribly well while playing, I lose support when I exhale with my cheeks.

 

I saw Sergei Nakariakov (ridiculous trumpet player) do it during some really fast runs, and he did it extremely quickly, so if you didn't know about circular breathing, you wouldn't know he had done it.

[bored2damax]

Ok ive known about circular breathing but i can never seem to figure out how to do it. So how do you keep air going out your mouth while your trying to tak in some air through your nose???

[bored2damax]

Never mind i found a web page that explains how to do it. The webpage is http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Study/Cir...rBreathing.html

[TRtrumpet]

I can barely do it.. .not consitantly at all though. Its not something I tend to practice every day at.

[Fortisimo]

I can do it on sustained notes, but I've never really tried it on runs or anything like that...

[mnkyman]

so ever since i posted this thread yesterday..ive been practicing to try to learn how to circular breathe

 

..i can circular breathe without an instrument at my face..but cannot with an instrument..

 

i cant get to air it take to play with the pushing of my cheeks..

 

anyone who can do it...pointers?

[acsc1312]

I usually do it if I know there is an important part coming up, or I'm not supposed to breathe at a certain point. I usually do it during marching season...I started really doing it when I was a sophomore I think. Once I got the hang of it, it became easier and easier. ummm....just keep practicing it if you can't do it right now, it'll come to you eventaully...trust me

[manuel_pablo]

  mnkyman said:

so ever since i posted this thread yesterday..ive been practicing to try to learn how to circular breathe

 

..i can circular breathe without an instrument at my face..but cannot with an instrument..

 

i cant get to air it take to play with the pushing of my cheeks..

 

anyone who can do it...pointers?

same here...I can do it without the instrument but I can't do it while playing.

[stewiemylove]

kenny g is a MASTER at that

[ClaireAnnette07]

I don't know how to do it and I personally don't care to...but good luck to you guys who are trying to do it!

[mnkyman]

^nice random spam

 

 

but anyway..yeah in our music concert peice this year, duringa sax feature..the alto who has to play something like 6 measures where hes the one to be heard the most, he circular breaths, and its freakin cool..like not having to stop to breath..>GOD>.i need to learn how