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From: cryforhelp
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:19:19 -0700
Subject: Re: breathing

Peter Morrissey wrote:
>
> I believe I read somewhere that you are supposed to refrain from
> breathing out your nose when playing. I have great difficulty
> doing this. Are there any excercises that can help? I know
> if I hold my nose closed with my fingers, I am able to do a
> more controlled draw bend. I also notice that when playing
> a lot of Sonny Terry which seems to have a lot of open,
> draw chords on the low end, I seem to run out of breath.
> I know that when I draw, I am also drawing extra air in my nose.
>
> I'm an avid runner, so I don't think it is really a lung capacity
> issue. The tip about blowing over the top on exhale is a good one
> which I've been trying lately, I'm just wondering if there is anything
> that can be done to control the nose breathing.
>
> _Pete M.

I always thought breath was an "in the zone" thing. When I'm confident
about exactly what I'm going to do next then proper breath planning
comes on the fly. When I'm casting about <99.9% of the time, sigh> then
"my breath gets all tangled up in my eye tooth and I can't see to play
straight."

- --cryforhelp--
TFTD: "How 'bout them moose goosers, ain't they recluse? Up in them
boondocks, goosin' them moose?"