Modern Music (M&D page 264)

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****not really much of a spoiler at all-just a musicological quibble****






Circular breathing is used quite a bit in Turkish music, particularly on the
zourna, a double reed instrument with a sound somewhat like a snake charmers
horn. The zourna has been around quite a while and perhaps this is where jazz
players discovered the technique of circular breathing. Its also the same
principal used in the bagpipe, substituting your cheeks for animal bladders.
Perhaps some Crusaders brought knowledge of the technique back to Europe with
them.  So its probably not an anachronism.

Ron Churgin


In a message dated 97-05-28 11:31:26 EDT, you write:

<< Euphrenia describes being "oblig'd to keep Starvation off my Sill, by
 pretending to be an Automaton Oboe player."  The technique she used
 is clearly "circular breathing" as employed by numerous jazz horn
 players -- a few who come to mind are Harry Carney, Clark Terry, Phil
 Woods, Roland Kirk, and Bruce Fowler.  It's not used by "classical"
 wind instrument players, to my knowledge, and was certainly unknown
 in the days of Euphrenia and her beloved Hautbois. >>