[Trombone-l] blogs, breathing vs. blowing

[Earl Needham]

At 03:15 PM 1/26/2007, Gabriel Langfur wrote:
>I tend to think that if you're doing breathing exercises with 
>careful attention to form and timing, they are as much about 
>exhaling as about inhaling. I recently bought a couple of breathing 
>toys, including the "Breath Builder" - the ping pong ball inside a 
>tube with breathing tubes attached. To keep the ball suspended over 
>a period of time, you have to be blowing OUT steadily over that 
>entire period of time, or it will drop before you are done. 
>Interesting...I'm still figuring out how to use it effectively.

         I've always been told to use one to work on "turnarounds" -- 
that time BETWEEN exhaling and inhaling.

         Earl

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