[TPIN] Air out nose while playing normally?

[Rod Brawn]

Hi Dwight,
    There is good wisdom in what you say.  I tried your suggestion, and when 
I think about it there is no leakage.  So I think it is a matter of 
concentrating on the outcome and your body seems to know what you should do
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dwight Bird" <trumpet at birdfam.org>
To: "'TPIN'" <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:44 PM
Subject: RE: [TPIN] Air out nose while playing normally?


> You have air coming out of your nostrils?  I don't.  I do often have air
> escape out the corners when I'm tired or working to lessen the mouthpiece
> pressure I'm using, but never from the nose.
>
> Try this... Take a medium sized breath, close your lips and try to blow 
> them
> open using your blowing muscles, but keep your lips close so the air can't
> get out.  Do you have air escaping from you nose under this condition.  If
> you do, you may have some physical issue you are not aware of.
>
> Even if you do have air escape, but you play with good sound I don't know
> that you'd need to worry about it.
>
> _______________
> Dwight Bird
> Kaysville, UT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Rod Brawn
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 10:33 AM
> To: TPIN
> Subject: [TPIN] Air out nose while playing normally?
>
> Hi Gang,
>    Today while playing some Clarke Exercises (Setting up Drills) and
> finding I didn't have the air to play them the suggested 4 times in one
> breath, I held my left had up under my nostrils while playing a long tone
> only to feel a very small amount of air coming out.  Is this something the
> rest of you have noticed while playing?  Is it normal for some air to come
> out this way?  I seem to be playing with good tone and all the rest.
>    What do others experience?
>
>
> Rod Brawn
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