Person: Arnold Jacobs

Only a musician or singer can understand the importance of good breath and a stable breath. So, being a tubist himself, Arnold Jacobs understood the main need of the players and he invented some exercises for good breathing. Some of the best Arnold Jacobs breathing exercises are mentioned below: Arnold Jacobs Breathing – Find Breathing Exercise for Brass Players… Read more

Practice a variety of exercises that will improve your breathing techniques when playing the clarinet. These breathing exercises have been modeled after Arnold Jacobs, a tuba player with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who had a reduced lung capacity due to health conditions, but was able to achieve great success as a musician. Read more

Mr. Jacobs had a world class reputation being the authority on breathing for wind instruments. Here he explains the history, physiology and problems of breathing. Read more

In this episode, Arnold Jacobs describes his views on breathing within the art form of music. He urged his students to think about the psychology of wind at the lips, and he encouraged shape change to allow for quantitative amounts of air to enter and leave the body (rather than the old school “tight gut”… Read more

Mr. Jacobs discusses the perils of playing with too little air. When playing in the negative portion of the respiratory curve, it becomes increasingly difficult to expel the air; the air velocity decreases while the work effort increases. The respiratory system’s muscular contraction effort begins to increase as the amount of air in the lungs… Read more