Air should enter you lungs freely, without friction. Avoid “sucking” the air in. If your inbreath is noisy, probably the air is not coming in as freely as it could.
On the way out, air should travel freely as well. Avoid “pushing” or “forcing” the air out. Think that you are sighing when you breath out.
Ideas for a relaxed breathing technique
- Yawn and Sigh
- When you are surprised (or someone throws cold water on your face) you take a free, spontaneuos breath.
- Open your throat.
- Breath fully out. Then the body will take a spontaneuos breath
Tom Hooten’s Three rules of playing
- The air must come into the body freely
- The air must come out of the body freely
- You cannot use too much pressure (mouthpiece on the lips)
Check out his video
Mental images for inhalation
- Suck the air from the whole room