I've watched many videos that explain how to do circular breathing but they aren't good enough. I thought that I would never learn how to do this, but now I've watched your video. You explain how to do circular breathing clearly, step by step. Thank you for this video. I play on the recorder, flute, clarinet and saxophone and now I can play without pausing to breath. Thank you!
I am a saxophonist and heard another saxophonist utilize circular breathing, and it was very effective. So, I searched the internet to learn the method and found your video. Not only was it instructive but you are quite entertaining and fun to watch. Now I will have to get a glass of water and practice. I'll watch this again. Thank you.
Foook!!! I'm from Sydney and have been studying and trying this for 2 weeks, I've repeated this video for 30minutes and I've got a steady cycle... I'm soo happy thanks Sarah. Now I can start practicing on the didgeridoo. F*%#*! Legend
The most common is '1 and 2', as it's the one in tune most o the time, but closed thumb hole works too! Just use the one that fits the intonation more. You can also take the higher one and blow softer to create a nice soft end of a phrase :)
Sarah, I'm still practicing, but your video has been the best at teaching how to transition from the inhalation and the exhalation. All the other videos I watched never explained that, and I was very frustrated. Thanks for doing such a great job. 👍
I've been working on this for a few days now so I can play didgeridoo. I was practicing while driving in the car this morning listening to this video it finally clicked and I can do it! Great advice, thanks!
I can 'fess up here - I'd got to the point of thinking that circular breathing was, basically, a con. Seeing Sarah so obviously and naturally doing it, and on a recorder to boot! This has restored my faith, and now I think I know where I have been going wrong. Thank you, Sarah!
Muchas gracias Sarah. Soy un adulto de casi 50 que he empezado a estudiar la flauta alto... Con todos los inconvenientes de no haber empezado de más joven pero con todas las ganas de aprender. Tus vídeos han sido muy educativos. Y motivadores. Y creo que este video de la respiración circular será fundamental para mí. Y... Conseguí los tres libros que recomiendas de Walter Van Hauwe. Muchas gracias. Saludos desde Barranquilla, Colombia.
Wow you put the part in that I was missing you totally rock thank you so so so much to giving the link of prep at end of breathe to fill cheeks that makes it more fluid you are an amazing help!!!!!
I’m a horn player (French horn) and I have sent this to my oboe playing friend as how to make this accessible to any student. Congratulations for this explanation..
Very well composed to show how circular breathing is done . Its nice to see a bonny lass explain in everyday terms and straight forward explanation ....well done lass ,regards Sandy
I so appreciated this tutorial. You remind me of my partner (violin), a real gift for teaching. I started playing the didgeridoo and have picked it up quickly (percussion/vocals is my background) and can produce the circular breathing technique but I find it hard not to pause (gulp etc) during prolonged breaths. Keep practising, I guess!
Sarah, this stream of water thing is by far the most helpful technique I've looked at so far. I've been trying to learn with the straw and half glass of water, but with this (your) stream of water method I can actually feel the strain of the muscles in my face/neck/tongue as if I'm actually getting a work out. Which is what I want, right!? These are the muscles I need to strengthen, obviously. Thanks so much.
A soooo helpful video, Sarah ! ... and so funny to try ! I'm so bad, my sink is wet everywhere now ! hahaha ! I've been looking for informations for years (to improve my recorder playing) and, Alleluia ! I discovered you 2 days ago ! Then I'm watching ALL YOUR VIDEOS one after one ! Thank you sooo much for giving all these so precious things for free ! And I love your happiness, joy of life... it's sooo agreable to watch you !!! Claire, France.
Thank you so Much Sarah! I kinda had an idea of how it worked but now I with this 3 step method, I can visualize it and practice much better :D this is gonna help me tons with my didgeridoo playing ! wish you a great week!!!!
Thank you for the explanation and tips detailing the process of circular breathing. I am a low brass player and have toyed with this idea before and find I just need to practice! Thanks again.
You are a brilliant communicator Sarah, very informative and entertaining. Somehow I ended up here when searching for tips on the didgeridoo. It answered all those questions. Thank you :)
Olá, sou brasileira. E descobri seu canal há pouco tempo. Tenho tentado encontrar algo que me ajudasse a aprender a tocar flauta pq onde moro não tem. Seus vídeos ajudaram demais. Todos os seus vídeos são perfeitos. Muito obrigada por toda esta ajuda. Quero muito aprender a tocar flauta direitinho. E estou muito feliz de encontrado seu canal. Só não faço o seu curso pq em real (moeda do meu país), fica caro demais. Mas se um dia a nossa moeda subir eu compro. Parabéns pelo maravilhoso trabalho.
Amazing video 👏🏻👏🏻. I am trying circular breathing for didgeridoo, even more difficult than with the recorder. You have given to me the idea of transitioning through the recorder and the plastic to iteratively progress. Thanks for that and much more for the funny part and the happiness you transmit
Thanks so much for sharing. Your video is very good. I understand it better. I am trying to play a bamboo flute. You explained the technique so Well. Thanks!!!
I'm also a piper & I've struggled for a long time to get this smooth on the practice chanter. The low resistance is very similar to the recorder. I found that I've needed to learn how to blow OUT excess breath through the nose as well as all the usual circular breathing stuff.
I shall have to try this! I generally sound like a winded horse when I gasp for my next breath. If I can get the coordination down, it will grestly enhance my playing. I have had my alto recorder for a couple of months now, and can almost remember that I am not playing my flute. My fingers want to go for the flute fingerings, but it gets easier.
Grazie! Ne avevo sentito parlare e pensavo fosse cosa da guru degli strumenti a fiato - ti ho seguita e ci riuscivo, appena un abbozzo, un primo tentativo ma lo facevo! :-)
Wind instrumentalists need to adapt the term "Isolated" breathing. Since air is "trapped" in the mouth, it is "isolated" there, for use simultaneous to inhaling.
Hi um... im a beginner and I just started today. Is it normal if you couldn't inhale while your breathing out air? I can do the Step 2 but i couldn't do the step 3. I need some advice on how to improve doing the step 3. I play the recorder and I love your videos Sarah.
Wonderful presentation! I just got some recorders, and I would love to be able to circular breathe . I believe I will be able to do it now, thanks to this super tutorial. Thanks!
I've found breathing into sippy cups with lids helps prevent splash-back on the blow-out through the straw. Just another way that may work for people. Sustain the air bubbles!
Came here from Marc Miethe didgeridoo. It is fun to watch all the different tactics. The usage of jaw is said to be rather the tongue. Helpful, thanks.
Hi Sarah, Im finding that the air pressure really changes when I breathe in through my nose (the air supply and pressure dramatically drops). Is this normal in the early learning stages? How can I fix this? Your video is great thank you!
Hi Sarah - You mention air support in this video and it being a whole other subject for another video. Which video is it? Thanks so much for your efforts.
Love You for this moment. :) Made me laugh and wiser. I play on Fujara, so I guess, circular breathing will be challenge. All the best. Roman from Slovakia.
My best advice to anyone wanting to learn circular breathing it to get a tall glass half filled with water and a long straw. Then all you need to do is blow through the straw making bubbles and keep the bubbles going!
how long did it take people to learn this? I sort of have a steady stream, but still the whole breathing in at the same time as blowing out I cannot do. I tried over and over. I think I am breathing in, but evidently not as I run out of air. the video is great, I am just doing it wrong probably.
Im practicing this exercise but as soon as I’m supposed to breath through my nose i just stop blowing air while breathing I can’t get it done somehow any tips please I’m using an alto sax and I’m just new to the whole thing..
Most informative and quite entertaining! Thanks ever so much for sharing this rather elusive skill ! I use a larger version of the recorder - it's called a didgeridoo. lol
I can manage circular breathing with the Didjeridoo, but I've just got myself a Penny Whistle, and it's a lot more difficult to do with that instrument, due to the low air pressure, I think. Thanks for the video, I'll try the glass of water method, to perfect my technique :-)
I saw Bill Tole the trombone player demonstrate circular breathing back when I was in high school. It was awesome to watch. Of course, watching him play "Flight of the Bumblebee" on a trombone was pretty amazing, too. It's hard for me to push air out with my cheeks because when I learned cornet when I was 7, the teacher was a real evil demon on the whole "puffed cheek" thing. I don't think he knew that Dizzy Gillespie puffed his cheeks like he did so he could do circular breathing with all that air.
Hey Sarah! I learnt how to circular breathe several years ago (on didgeridoo..), and since I've recently gotten a Paetzold contrabass I have been trying to translate it to that instrument, but the air pressure is so difficult to master. Do you have any specific instructions or tips on how to circular breathe while playing the Paetzold? would be so practical to know how to keep a continuous note on the contrabass.. :)
Hi Andesh, wowowow, circular breathing on a Paetzold is a serious challenge! :) I would start by practising on an alto - that is already challenging due to the little resistance. Then work up bigger and bigger recorders until you can do the Paetzold too. Good luck!
Question: do you or does anyone have any tips to increase resistance for a digi? Would tgere be something a bit different to do. Obviously not tape but I've got wax mouthpiece pieces. Since the air goes through differently because of the large mouthpiece and entire instrument curious if I might be able to do it.
I've watched many videos that explain how to do circular breathing but they aren't good enough. I thought that I would never learn how to do this, but now I've watched your video. You explain how to do circular breathing clearly, step by step. Thank you for this video. I play on the recorder, flute, clarinet and saxophone and now I can play without pausing to breath.
Thank you!
lmao what am i watching
How do you manage on flute? How do you maintain the embouchure??
how long did it take you
I am a saxophonist and heard another saxophonist utilize circular breathing, and it was very effective. So, I searched the internet to learn the method and found your video. Not only was it instructive but you are quite entertaining and fun to watch. Now I will have to get a glass of water and practice. I'll watch this again. Thank you.
It's been a year... how are you at circular breathing now?
Maybe he drowned...
@@Wrongald 🤣🤣🤣🤣
does this help on the triangle?
+Michael Betters yes
Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder how
Indeed
Works best on cowbell
Yes
This is the best explanation on how to learn circular breathing I have ever found, and I even don't play on recorder. Thank you very much.
Foook!!! I'm from Sydney and have been studying and trying this for 2 weeks, I've repeated this video for 30minutes and I've got a steady cycle... I'm soo happy thanks Sarah. Now I can start practicing on the didgeridoo. F*%#*! Legend
+sus30t Yesssss!
LEGOOGEL z
Omg I’m in Sydney too
Thanks guys! If you have requests/questions for particular tutorials, let me know ;)
THANKS ALLOT! I needed this!
Thx helped a lot
thanks for this great video n.n im going to learn kawala so circular breathing is a must
The most common is '1 and 2', as it's the one in tune most o the time, but closed thumb hole works too! Just use the one that fits the intonation more. You can also take the higher one and blow softer to create a nice soft end of a phrase :)
Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder u
Sarah, I'm still practicing, but your video has been the best at teaching how to transition from the inhalation and the exhalation. All the other videos I watched never explained that, and I was very frustrated. Thanks for doing such a great job. 👍
You are so generous to share these tips on circular breathing. I thought I'll never learn it ... But it works. Love you !
You know, I've been trying to learn but it seems your video breaks down the basics even more than any I've seen. Thank you!
I've been working on this for a few days now so I can play didgeridoo. I was practicing while driving in the car this morning listening to this video it finally clicked and I can do it! Great advice, thanks!
I can 'fess up here - I'd got to the point of thinking that circular breathing was, basically, a con. Seeing Sarah so obviously and naturally doing it, and on a recorder to boot! This has restored my faith, and now I think I know where I have been going wrong.
Thank you, Sarah!
The best teacher is Sarah!!!❤❤❤
Muchas gracias Sarah. Soy un adulto de casi 50 que he empezado a estudiar la flauta alto... Con todos los inconvenientes de no haber empezado de más joven pero con todas las ganas de aprender. Tus vídeos han sido muy educativos. Y motivadores. Y creo que este video de la respiración circular será fundamental para mí. Y... Conseguí los tres libros que recomiendas de Walter Van Hauwe. Muchas gracias. Saludos desde Barranquilla, Colombia.
Sarah, I must say one word "FANTASTIC". You have explained it fantastically. And you are very pleasant to boot. Cheers..... Eddy
Wow you put the part in that I was missing you totally rock thank you so so so much to giving the link of prep at end of breathe to fill cheeks that makes it more fluid you are an amazing help!!!!!
I’m a horn player (French horn) and I have sent this to my oboe playing friend as how to make this accessible to any student. Congratulations for this explanation..
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, gal. Your stage one description was the best I've seen/ heard. :-)
Very well composed to show how circular breathing is done . Its nice to see a bonny lass explain in everyday terms and straight forward explanation ....well done lass ,regards Sandy
Hi quick up date since we last spoke ""I CAN CIRCULAR BREATHE"" 😁😁😁 and playing some awesome sounds -many thanks for ur lesson CB ☺️
This is the best Circular breathe tutorial I'v ever met and learn . Thank you
I so appreciated this tutorial. You remind me of my partner (violin), a real gift for teaching. I started playing the didgeridoo and have picked it up quickly (percussion/vocals is my background) and can produce the circular breathing technique but I find it hard not to pause (gulp etc) during prolonged breaths. Keep practising, I guess!
Thanks Sarah I've just soaked myself with water. Ha ha
Sarah, this stream of water thing is by far the most helpful technique I've looked at so far. I've been trying to learn with the straw and half glass of water, but with this (your) stream of water method I can actually feel the strain of the muscles in my face/neck/tongue as if I'm actually getting a work out. Which is what I want, right!? These are the muscles I need to strengthen, obviously.
Thanks so much.
You are amazing Sarah! Love your videos, it's lovely watching you growing professionally. You are an amazing artist! Best regards from Argentina.
A soooo helpful video, Sarah ! ... and so funny to try ! I'm so bad, my sink is wet everywhere now ! hahaha !
I've been looking for informations for years (to improve my recorder playing) and, Alleluia ! I discovered you 2 days ago !
Then I'm watching ALL YOUR VIDEOS one after one ! Thank you sooo much for giving all these so precious things for free !
And I love your happiness, joy of life... it's sooo agreable to watch you !!!
Claire, France.
fantastic video. Thank you. I just purchased two Yamaha recorders one in F and one in C major.
It's so fun to watch your videos! You're delightful and explain things really well.
Thank you so Much Sarah!
I kinda had an idea of how it worked but now I with this 3 step method, I can visualize it and practice much better :D this is gonna help me tons with my didgeridoo playing ! wish you a great week!!!!
You too Antonio!
Thank you for the explanation and tips detailing the process of circular breathing. I am a low brass player and have toyed with this idea before and find I just need to practice! Thanks again.
amazing amazing amazing a very good technique to play effortlessly thanks a lot i will surely take up recorder playing after watching you play sarah
"Happy fish." Thank you for sharing that novel thought along with the method. Genuinely encouraging and made me laugh.
This is so cool. I just learned about this technique today and I'm really interested in learning it. I hope this helps. I play the saxophone
Brilliant video, Sarah!!! Thank you for the great lesson!
I am learning the Highland Pipes at the moment, thanks for this wonderful video.
Absolutely wonderful presentation!!!!!
Unbelievable. How could this even be possible? I couldn't believe that I could breathe while blowing!!! Thanks for the water practice; it proved it.
I love this video, you are fun and amusing as well as darn informative! Bonus: the ‘Egyptian Princess’ copper necklace is beautiful. Thank you.
Very good explanation .. ..I will try to apply your methodology...Thank you so much Sarah
Very helpful and perfectly charming, Sarah!
Hi Sarah, I am beginning to learn the recorder and I love your videos! They are often very funny and also very helpful in technique! Love, ruth
You are a brilliant communicator Sarah, very informative and entertaining. Somehow I ended up here when searching for tips on the didgeridoo. It answered all those questions. Thank you :)
yourr great personality is half of the greatness of this video. thanks for posting.
adorable 'band camp' dag!! love yr sharing SaRah :))) xoxoxox
Watching from Philippines, 2022! I want to know how to play a recorder like you! I really love how you play different recorders!
Olá, sou brasileira. E descobri seu canal há pouco tempo. Tenho tentado encontrar algo que me ajudasse a aprender a tocar flauta pq onde moro não tem. Seus vídeos ajudaram demais. Todos os seus vídeos são perfeitos. Muito obrigada por toda esta ajuda. Quero muito aprender a tocar flauta direitinho. E estou muito feliz de encontrado seu canal. Só não faço o seu curso pq em real (moeda do meu país), fica caro demais. Mas se um dia a nossa moeda subir eu compro. Parabéns pelo maravilhoso trabalho.
So much easier to sit through a tutorial when the instructor has a beautiful voice and beautiful smile and lovely to look at.
Amazing video 👏🏻👏🏻. I am trying circular breathing for didgeridoo, even more difficult than with the recorder. You have given to me the idea of transitioning through the recorder and the plastic to iteratively progress. Thanks for that and much more for the funny part and the happiness you transmit
Thanks so much for sharing. Your video is very good. I understand it better. I am trying to play a bamboo flute. You explained the technique so Well. Thanks!!!
thanks for your help Sarah you explain Circular Breathing very well i now think i will be able to learn it..
Thankyou so much! This is SO GREAT! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
This is a marvelous tutorial. Thank you!
Hi, Sarah, thanks for your video. I tried some other methods and find your method with the water very useful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I play Bagpipe and have struggled with this for years.!
I'm also a piper & I've struggled for a long time to get this smooth on the practice chanter. The low resistance is very similar to the recorder. I found that I've needed to learn how to blow OUT excess breath through the nose as well as all the usual circular breathing stuff.
Thanks Sarah, that was great!!
Hah! Very pleasing to watch you explain :-) I enjoyed it. I just made a tutorial on this myself and you popped up.Cheers!
Sarah, this is great!!! :) watching this makes me smile so much :)
+Lea Toran Jenner Thanks Lea! xxx :)
Hello Sarah ! very good video ! Thank you very much !!very helpful !!
Really enjoy the your videos. Thank you for the time and effort
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I shall have to try this! I generally sound like a winded horse when I gasp for my next breath. If I can get the coordination down, it will grestly enhance my playing. I have had my alto recorder for a couple of months now, and can almost remember that I am not playing my flute. My fingers want to go for the flute fingerings, but it gets easier.
Very importante video. Thank you for your so simple explanation for to teach things no simple.
Grazie! Ne avevo sentito parlare e pensavo fosse cosa da guru degli strumenti a fiato - ti ho seguita e ci riuscivo, appena un abbozzo, un primo tentativo ma lo facevo! :-)
Wind instrumentalists need to adapt the term "Isolated" breathing. Since air is "trapped" in the mouth, it is "isolated" there, for use simultaneous to inhaling.
Way better than other tutorials
You ARE a happy fish!! And now I can be one too! :D Thanks!
You are a great teacher.
great complement to the other video I watched today :)
Hi um... im a beginner and I just started today. Is it normal if you couldn't inhale while your breathing out air? I can do the Step 2 but i couldn't do the step 3. I need some advice on how to improve doing the step 3. I play the recorder and I love your videos Sarah.
Wonderful! I just started to learn to play the didgeridoo and your video really comes handy!
Thank you!
Wonderful presentation! I just got some recorders, and I would love to be able to circular breathe . I believe I will be able to do it now, thanks to this super tutorial. Thanks!
I found this video way easier to understand than other videos. I just hope I have enough determination to learn this. 😂
So, how is your practicing coming along?
I've found breathing into sippy cups with lids helps prevent splash-back on the blow-out through the straw. Just another way that may work for people. Sustain the air bubbles!
Came here from Marc Miethe didgeridoo. It is fun to watch all the different tactics. The usage of jaw is said to be rather the tongue. Helpful, thanks.
although iam a trumpet player, i found your video very helpful, thanks for sharing, and i just loved your enthusiasm .....just great........
Thanks Sarah that was really helpfull & your gorgeous
Thank you. Very helpful.
Though I recently discovered the inside of right cheek is numb so this is an extra challenge.
Why is it numb?
Rebecca Sakulku woah mine is numb too 😳
Hi Sarah, Im finding that the air pressure really changes when I breathe in through my nose (the air supply and pressure dramatically drops). Is this normal in the early learning stages? How can I fix this? Your video is great thank you!
nice way to explain this.. watching this tutorial is funny.. now i have to start trying this out myself.....MM from the Netherlands
still, thanks heaps. Sarah you have helped a lot of people :) :) :)
Thanks. Very useful. And entertaining.
You know a lot of tricks :)))
Thanks
well done! You are a very funny person too. Best Whises!
Hi Sarah - You mention air support in this video and it being a whole other subject for another video. Which video is it? Thanks so much for your efforts.
Sarah!! I love your explanation, I will try it with my didgeridoo. Cheers from Buenos Aires. I think I will be a happy fish today...ahahhaha
Love You for this moment. :) Made me laugh and wiser. I play on Fujara, so I guess, circular breathing will be challenge. All the best. Roman from Slovakia.
My best advice to anyone wanting to learn circular breathing it to get a tall glass half filled with water and a long straw. Then all you need to do is blow through the straw making bubbles and keep the bubbles going!
how long did it take people to learn this? I sort of have a steady stream, but still the whole breathing in at the same time as blowing out I cannot do. I tried over and over. I think I am breathing in, but evidently not as I run out of air. the video is great, I am just doing it wrong probably.
Fantastic tutorial!, Thanks for sharing this, Sarah.
Regards from Colombia.
With the help of your tutorial I'll give circular breathing another try :)) Thanks a lot!
Ok thanks very much my friend...cheers!
your first ever video ♥️
Im practicing this exercise but as soon as I’m supposed to breath through my nose i just stop blowing air while breathing I can’t get it done somehow any tips please I’m using an alto sax and I’m just new to the whole thing..
Most informative and quite entertaining! Thanks ever so much for sharing this rather elusive skill ! I use a larger version of the recorder - it's called a didgeridoo. lol
I can manage circular breathing with the Didjeridoo, but I've just got myself a Penny Whistle, and it's a lot more difficult to do with that instrument, due to the low air pressure, I think. Thanks for the video, I'll try the glass of water method, to perfect my technique :-)
wow, Thats crazy. you're very good at that. all i need to do is learn to breathe in while pushing the air from my cheeks out.
I saw Bill Tole the trombone player demonstrate circular breathing back when I was in high school. It was awesome to watch. Of course, watching him play "Flight of the Bumblebee" on a trombone was pretty amazing, too. It's hard for me to push air out with my cheeks because when I learned cornet when I was 7, the teacher was a real evil demon on the whole "puffed cheek" thing. I don't think he knew that Dizzy Gillespie puffed his cheeks like he did so he could do circular breathing with all that air.
Hey Sarah! I learnt how to circular breathe several years ago (on didgeridoo..), and since I've recently gotten a Paetzold contrabass I have been trying to translate it to that instrument, but the air pressure is so difficult to master. Do you have any specific instructions or tips on how to circular breathe while playing the Paetzold? would be so practical to know how to keep a continuous note on the contrabass.. :)
Hi Andesh, wowowow, circular breathing on a Paetzold is a serious challenge! :) I would start by practising on an alto - that is already challenging due to the little resistance. Then work up bigger and bigger recorders until you can do the Paetzold too. Good luck!
Very helpful video
Question: do you or does anyone have any tips to increase resistance for a digi? Would tgere be something a bit different to do. Obviously not tape but I've got wax mouthpiece pieces. Since the air goes through differently because of the large mouthpiece and entire instrument curious if I might be able to do it.
Entertaining, wonder if helpful would try for couple weeks👏