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Mark Heuer
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According to Scott Englebright of Tastee Bros fame, the only body tension you should experience while playing in the upper register should be in the abs and the "corners". The rest of your body should be relaxed. I'm still working on it, but this approach has helped me play more consistently to the top of my performance range (high F). It has not expanded my range yet, but I get there more often and more reliably. Your thoughts? Thanks.
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Quadruple C
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DSR
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For the air....it's like an inward, upward firmness in the abdominal region as you ascend. I've heard of a toothpaste tube analogy...where you roll the paste out from the bottom first and keep pushing more out...like the wedge that Quad C described.
I think the word tension is misleading sometimes. A better word is firmness.
We want corner firmness, abdominal firmness, firmness in the buttocks. What we don't want is bodily tension (throat, arms, ect...) |
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