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Circular Breathing 1b, by Terry B. Ewell

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Uploaded by on Apr 7, 2007

Description of Circular Breathing for wind instruments, bassoon. Second Part. By Terry B. Ewell. Bassoon Digital Professor

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  • If your using your tongue to close off the reservoir then how do you articulate?

  • The back part of your tongue closes off the air. The front part of the tongue is still free to articulate.

  • i doubt it can stop your heart ..and this does help loads..i didn't have a reed so i just put the top of my finger in my mouth and went with the guidelines this worked perfect..kinda hard at first though, really hard to notice and concentrate.

  • It is no more stressful on the heart than playing an instrument in a regular manner.

  • i can't understand how can i use the tongue to close it...

  • Place the upper back portion of the tongue at the roof of your mouth with a "K" or "G" consonant. Feel where the tongue touches. Leaving the tongue there closes off the airflow from the lungs. Terry

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  • Yeah, dang near impossible!!! I appreciate the way you teach this, but still impossible for me.. I'll favorite and just say 'frack this!' for now... I'm too frustrated..

  • is it normal for humans to breath this way? it seems impossible for me!

  • @mrconradhoppe ME TOO!

  • @tewelltube

    If anything, it is less so, because you aren't stressing your body by not breathing.

  • how do you breath out through your mouth, as well as breathe in through your nose?

  • Can I do circular breathing on the Oboe? Oboe requires pressure from the stomach, so I think it would be hard to emulate that effect in your mouth.

  • Can people do it with the flute? I find it hard to multi-task breathing and blowing at the same time.

  • getting trouble in mastering step 4...there's always a gap in the air flow when i prepare to open the "throat pipe" again....

    any tips on this issue? been stuck here for a while...

    btw, great video!

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