Music Marvels - Learn to Play Bassoon | Page 3

Are you standing or sitting correctly? Relax your shoulders and take a DEEP BREATH. y... ing read Gett Put you lips together as if you were whistling. Now - keeping your lips together, drop your jaw, like when you yawn. Put the reed in your mouth, so that the reed nearly touches the first wire. Let’s practise your breath control. Hold a small piece of paper against a wall and see if you can keep it there just using your breath! Try these exercises every day before you play your instrument Ok, let’s GO!