Out of shape from the holiday break?
Does you embouchure feel stiff?
Low notes stuffy?
High notes feel unstable?
Order yourself a standard from the embouchure menu:
Rabbit Face with Side Breath comboIt can help to quickly restore stability and flexibility to your embouchure.
While inhaling, simultaneously do a rabbit face (see video posted in LeGrand Virtual Studio) and a side breath.
For a great example of "side breathing" please watch the close-ups of Julius Baker beginning at 5:04 in the following video of this 1979 New York Philharmonic performance of the finale of Shostakovich 5 with Leonard Bernstein conducting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJFXqYEYd8
The "rabbit with side breath combo". A great menu choice for post holiday flute playing.
Best,
Catherine
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