[TPIN] Jacobs & Farkas & wind

[Steve B]

While I'm sure that strength is part of the overall
equation, when you read the directions in a Clark
Studies book about playing things once, twice, four
times on a single breath - you are not developing
strength, you may be devloping some additional vital
capacity, you are developing efficiency and you are
also developing the technique to play the study more
quickly.  


--- David Arndt <darndt at oriongate.net> wrote:

> Right.  What I know of Jacobs (all admittedly 2nd
> hand), he emphasized that
> air was just the *fuel* that keeps the lips
> vibrating.  The only thing that
> produces *sound* is the vibration of the lips (of
> course).
> 
> Reviews of Herbert Clarke's performances, in which
> the reviewers remark
> about his seemingly limitless supply of air,
> underscore the importance of
> breath *control* (not necessary pure *volume* or
> strength).  That being
> said, it goes without saying the *control* requires
> physical strength and
> mental concentration.  
> 
> I think sometimes we confuse strength with force.
> 
> >
> > To Jacobs & Farkas:
> >
> > I don't think Jacobs emphasized wind.
> > It was what he called "Song" - or the brain. (wind
> was only 15 % - 85% 
> > was
> > song)
> 
> 
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