Posted by TubaTiger on February 28, 2001 at 19:54:13:
In Reply to: Tips on how to relax and use more air posted by Andy Smith on February 28, 2001 at 14:08:50:
Think "ho" or "wo" when you inhale. The inhale should be "friction free" and not a result of forcing but rather a result of relaxing. As Steve wrote, if you can hear it the breaths probably too tense. Try breathing a quarter note pick-up at the beginning of a moderately tempoed rochut. . .
Good luck.