Category Archives: Breathing

Essential Concepts in Brass Playing 4: Airflow Is a Means, Not the End

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Micah Everett

Last week I began the third installment in this series with the following sentence: “Generous, efficient airflow is vital to playing any brass instrument, but it is important that players understand just what the role of the air is, and … Continue reading →

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Essential Concepts in Brass Playing 3: Vibration Creates Tone

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Micah Everett

Generous, efficient airflow is vital to playing any brass instrument, but it is important that players understand just what the role of the air is, and what it is not. When working with new students one of my first questions … Continue reading →

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The Best Breathing Exercise in the World

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Micah Everett

Regular readers might have noticed that I have not published here with the usual frequency in the past few months. Part of the reason for this is having a much larger teaching studio this year than has normally been the … Continue reading →

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On Exercise Equipment and Musical Development

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Micah Everett

The phenomenon of unused home exercise equipment is so pervasive in our society that it has become something of a trope. With the holiday season fast approaching, many families will soon see this in action once again. Typically, a person … Continue reading →

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Three Areas of Tension that Brass Players Miss

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Micah Everett

Brass instruments are amazingly simple devices. In their simplest form, these “lip-reed aerophones” as Anthony Baines called them are just tubes into one end of which players vibrate their lips to generate musical tones. The overtone series native to a … Continue reading →

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