Sound And Its Column The musician’s inner vibration is the raw material of his very expression, which then comes out through his instrument. Like Standing For The Ovation The inner vibration of the windplayer expands in his air column, then gets amplified by his instrument, through his vocal cords and his embouchure. « You should always internalize yourself, this way, stretching… Continue reading the sound column
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the instrument
Your Sound And Your Instrument The quality of your sound is ensured if your musician body and your instrument literally operate in tune, i.e. on the same wave length. Merging Your Instrument With Your Body The musical instrument, whether it uses wind, strings or skins, acts as an amplifier of the musician’s voice, driven by his… Continue reading the instrument
don’t blow it
Free Your Sound By Not Blowing How your no-blowing makes the sound generated by your internal vibration deeper. You Play Your Body To ensure a clean and flawless emission, either fff or ppp – and without using the tongue edge for the first one ! -, you should precisely imagine the mouthpiece rim plugged to the sound source. Through your natural breathing, your exhaling extends your… Continue reading don’t blow it
the posture
The musician posture for his sound The musician’s posture aims at easing his body and his instrument to merge together. Your Body Gets In Line For Vibration Visualize your roots and imagine them plunging into the ground, from the trunk of this virtual tree, represented by your air column – actually, your sound column. Here you are,… Continue reading the posture
the sensations
Your Sound Sensations Mastering your expression leads you to enjoyment, all the more spontaneous as it results from a relaxation, rather than from a physical strike. Have Fun ! Letting your internal opening spread downwards fosters your feelings, enhancing your self-confidence and ensuring your sound quality. « Your thinking drives your will for sure, but since your will may cancel… Continue reading the sensations
breathing and air
The Musician Sound Grows From His Breathing And Air Driving your internal vibration with your natural breathing is key for your sound quality, and requires only a minimal air consumption. Breathe, You Bet ! The inner motion propagating your vibration towards your instrument comes from your sound center, the location and feeling of which you get… Continue reading breathing and air
the sound source
The Sound Springs From Its Source Mastering your internal vibration progressively makes you precisely localize its source. Spreading Pleasure You should internally visualize the source of your sound at the bottom center point of your diaphragm, down to your heels and even beneath : this is the Japanese Hara or the Chinese Tan Tsienn, representing the location of universal… Continue reading the sound source
highs and lows
A Deep Sound In The Highs The broad breathing allows the sound column to vibrate homogeneously over the whole tessiture. Upper And Lower The low pitch vibration spreads in the ground and in space from your posture stabilized on your roots, as if you were sitting on the sound source. Keeping concentrated on this balanced position, you release… Continue reading highs and lows