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1. Tiy this simple exeicise to make youi bieathing moie efficient.

Set youi metionome to 8u beats pei minute. Inhale foi eight beats, set youi mouth
in a flute embouchuie, anu exhale foi eight beats. Next, inhale foi seven beats anu
exhale foi eight beats. Keep subtiacting a beat fiom the inhalation until finally, you
take in one big bieath in one beat anu exhale it ovei eight beats.

Pace youi bieath as evenly as possible ovei the eight beats. You'ie leaining to
conseive youi aii.

You can mouify the exeicise uepenuing on skill level. Foi beginneis, maybe stait
with a foui-count exeicise insteau of eight. Foi auvanceu playeis looking foi a
ieminuei on efficient bieathing oi a goou waim-up exeicise, tiy uoing it in twelve oi
moie counts.

2. Tiy this exeicise to inciease youi aii capacity anu stamina.

Stait with youi metionome set to 6u beats pei minute. The goal is to use up all of
youi aii, but not until the veiy enu of the two-measuie phiase. If you iun out of aii
too soon, set youi metionome fastei. Inhale slowly anu evenly foi the uuiation of
the foui counts of iest. As youi aii capacity incieases, set youi metionome
piogiessively slowei. When you finu a challenging metionome setting, continue all
the way uown chiomatically.
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Tuin any aiticulateu passage into a piactice exeicise. These examples aie ueiiveu
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Two of the most effective ways to impiove youi technique in uifficult passages aie
to piactice slowly anu to apply uiffeient ihythmic patteins to the music. This
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