Physiological Insights for Players of Wind Instruments
Claudia Spahn | Bernhard Richter
Johannes Pöppe | Matthias Echternach
Which wind player would not want to see what is going on inside
their body while they are playing? Unlike for other instrumentalists,
such as for string players, piano players and guitar players, it is very
hard for wind players to follow the process of sound generation. This
is because movements which are crucial to sound confi guration are
realised inside the body, for instance: the positioning of the tongue,
the soft palate, the larynx and the diaphragm.
