https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/philipkesby/activity/ Activity feed for philsby. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:57:08 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 0438eaa60bf7b748e62077730a3045d2 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/panic-at-speed/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 02:12:39 +1000 Hi everyone,
I am struggling with my lip slurs especially when I get up past about 100bpm.
I seem to be able to do the crotchets, quavers and triplets but really struggle with the semi-quavers.
I feel like I am blowing freely when playing them slower but when I see the semi-quavers I start to panic and can feel the throat tighten.
is it just more…[Read more]

]]> ce0051392b61f07faa8c2125e26adab6 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/unsure/#post-47446 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:10:28 +1000 Thanks, wasn’t sure if maybe I was starting to valsalva to get the note change.
But I think it is getting a bit easier now.

]]> 2973010f35db8d0249a5886dd67ef72f https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/unsure/#post-46773 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:15:12 +1100 Thanks Ronald,
I have been practising the C#,D and C harmonic slurs and am sure that I am not using any abdominal kick to change notes but unsure if I am using the start of a valsalva to make the change.
You may be right in thinking that I am simply feeling that movement from my lip change causing a movement of the hyoid bone.
I have been holding…[Read more]

]]> 09d2fb3e9dd3624d505bb19a35fcd0d0 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/unsure/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 03:16:20 +1100 Hi Greg, I have been working through the Largo stage and up to the singing C PPC but when doing the harmonic slurs I can feel my larynx moving up? I don’t think that it should feel like this am I correct in that thinking and what should I be feeling.
cheers
Phil

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