Through most of my teaching I have preached the concept of “Rest As Much As You Play”. In this post not only will I illustrate the advantages of this practice, I will also offer a solo which has been broken down to illustrate this concept. The benefits of “Rest As Much As You Play” method will be felt after the first twenty minutes for this routine automatically guards against over taxing your embouchure which is one of the most degrading faults in our development. As the title indicates, “Rest As Much As You Play” lets you methodically build your chops…