I believe all wind players always envy about strings players that they can play AND breathe at the same time. We always struggle to find a good spot to breathe-in, and trying hard to train up our support in order to maintain a long phrase with good tone quality.
Of course, as a wind player, it is important for us to keep practicing and improves our lung capacity, nonetheless, sometimes we might find a phrase that is out of our limits. So what can we do?
Circular breathing, to define, is a technique that helps you to prolong a sound, or a phrase for a long time, by inhaling air through your nose while you are still exhaling air from your month. Some think that it's a contemporary technique, but actually it appeared early since there's winds instruments. Unfortunately, because pieces in classical and romantic period didn't contain a lot unreasonably long phrases, this technique was once disappeared and very few people knew it.
Later, a group of well-known winds players, including Charles Neidich, determined to redevelop this technique, and share it to the world. Nowadays, more people know how to use circular breathing in their playing, but of course, you still need good air support before practicing this technique.
*Though the basic of circular breathing among ALL winds instruments are the same, due to different system and different embouchure(the way of circular breathing between single and double reeds are a bit different), it might be varied among winds instruments. So before start practicing it, it would be better to consult your teacher.
*(And try not to choke up when practicing it.)
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