On Sep 28, 2008, at 12:53 AM, damian dlugolecki wrote:
Regular breathing is essential to maintaining composure while
playing;
but I wonder if some of you might think about breathing in more
detail
when learning a piece. Do you breathe differently when playing a
Courante than an un-measured prelude?
A wonderful insight. I think the essential thing about breathing is
the link with phrasing. All the greats keep telling us to sing. Must
be something to it.
There are other things we tend to ignore that can really help, like
plotting the course of the left hand thumb when you are working out
fingerings. Not to mention just being aware of the whole body and
where tensions are.
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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