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Ocarina Phrasing Guide: How & When to Take a Breath
🎵 Key Takeaway Taking a breath in the middle of a musical word sounds like a hiccup. To sound professional, you must learn Phrasing. Plan your breaths at the end of a "musical sentence" using quick "Catch Breaths." Imagine if I talked. Like this. And stopped. To breathe after every. Few words. It is annoying to listen to. But this is exactly what beginners do on the ocarina. They play until their lungs are 100% empty, stop in the middle of a melody, take a giant gasp of air, and continue. This destroys the music. Here is how to breathe like a singer. 1. Find the "Musical Sentence" (Phrasing) Music has commas and periods, just like writing. Take "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (Twinkle twinkle little star) — This is one phrase. (How I wonder what you are) — This is the second phrase. You must breathe between the phrases, never in the middle of them. Take a pencil and mark your sheet music with a "V" where the sentence ends. That is your breath mark. Play Longer Phrases
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Ocarina Phrasing Guide: How & When to Take a Breath
🎵 Key Takeaway Taking a breath in the middle of a musical word sounds like a hiccup. To sound professional, you must learn Phrasing. Plan your breaths at the end of a "musical sentence" using quick "Catch Breaths." Imagine if I talked. Like this. And stopped. To breathe after every. Few words. It is annoying to listen to. But this is exactly what beginners do on the ocarina. They play until their lungs are 100% empty, stop in the middle of a melody, take a giant gasp of air, and continue. This destroys the music. Here is how to breathe like a singer. 1. Find the "Musical Sentence" (Phrasing) Music has commas and periods, just like writing. Take "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." (Twinkle twinkle little star) — This is one phrase. (How I wonder what you are) — This is the second phrase. You must breathe between the phrases, never in the middle of them. Take a pencil and mark your sheet music with a "V" where the sentence ends. That is your breath mark. Play Longer Phrases