About this exercise#
Circular breathing lets you hold a note without pause by breathing in and out at the same time. Wind players borrow it from traditions like the didgeridoo, where a drone can run unbroken for minutes on end. The idea sounds impossible but rests on one trick: fill your cheeks with air, then squeeze that stored air into the ocarina with your cheek muscles while you snatch a quick breath in through the nose. Most songs never need it. Practise the handover away from the instrument first, blowing through a straw into a glass of water and trying to hold a steady stream of bubbles right through the switch.