Just out of curiosity, I listened to to samples from various recordings, especially concert recordings, since breaths are edited in recordings, using a pair of headphones that I use for editing. Without mentioning specifics, I can say for the majority breathing is pretty random and does not follow the phrases of the music. Maybe it should, but it doesn't seem to :) Plenty of subvocalization as well, which of course is also edited out. d
At 05:13 AM 9/28/2008, you wrote: >Ed Durbrow wrote: >>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. > >My favourite example of this is "Canti di voi le ladi" on Paul & Hoppy's >DUETTI ITALIANI. I am far more singer than lutenist, and I say that >*many* singers could learn something from this performance. > >Another old saying - passed on by Paul at a small house party here in >Toronto when Crystal still lived here: Do not leave the instrument >empty! As far as I am concerned this includes maintaining a phrase >across rests. Concurrently one might speak of filling the instrument >with sound. The flip side is what Italian singing teachers might call >keeping the thread of sound. Put these together and you have a better >chance at a lively pianissimo, among other things. > >>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 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >-- > >http://clients.teksavvy.com/~echapin >
