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Breathing strategies writing choral music

If the choir has enough members, maybe half the bass-tenor-alto-soprano could breath alternatively? They could. Shall this produce a natural legato sound? It will. Is this horrendous? It is not. ...
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Breathing strategies writing choral music

20 seconds is quite easy for chorists who are experienced. There should be no problem for them to hold a note for that long, and if not, a choir that is used to working together will automatically ...
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Breathing strategies writing choral music

They will breathe. And they will breathe whenever it makes sense to them. Assuming they are conducted, the conductor/director may ask them to breathe in certain places and/or not breathe in other ...
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Practicing airflow away from the tenor recorder

As a tuba player you're already very good at controlling airflow. Anyway, the overblowing is quite likely as much to do with leaky fingering. Your recorder is very portable and not a loud instrument. ...
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