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I found a couple of good web sites about breathing for flautists.

1. jennifercluff.com/breathe/htm
2. BreathingExercise.info
3. vsinc.com/flute

And Hi, guys, I just joined this site.

I play:
flute
piccolo
piano
soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
a little electric guitar

I have asthma so some days I used to have a problem playing very long phrases. But I have found that if you look online, there are a lot of web sites that give good advice on exercises for breathing -- especially if you look at the saxophone web sites. Just type into the search engine "breathing exe...

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