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Of course I meant the abdominal and intercostal muscles. "Diaphragm" however is shorter and I am pretty sure the OP understood what I was referring to. Depending on what teachers someone has had, what kind of experience, and what kind of reading they've done, not everyone knows what you mean when yo...

Are you controlling the air with your diaphragm?

I'm working on this piece right now, and I know the exact passage you're talking about. It was/is very difficult for me. I just took it very slowly, thinking about the the note names as I went. Very slowly, over and over. Haha, works for most things, just takes a lot of patience. The backwards sugge...