Thanks for the gig ad,Mark. It DOES come with practice,do you think that poor lung squeezers are born with it?! Of course I wish I was.far from it.It's bloody boring to learn the discipline of breathing when you have THAT comma on the score,while you're probably concentrated on what you're doing.We usually decide it before.In big wind bands(a hurra for my town band still marching somewhen in Florence)we had write down our breathe marks according to eachother .And unfortunately it sounds terrible in folk music because those reels are not exactly slow nor wavy like classic music(much easier breathing job I think...).I remember the score of the solo clarinet pieca no.1,where he said clearly"Breathe is to be taken only when marked"...and the sadist would hold your breathe for a bloody long time!!! Circular breathing is not that common among woodwinds & co.I saw it just a couple of times.Apart from didj playing.Instruments like cello are tough for breathing as well.You can hear cellists breathing in solo pieces if you listen carefully. It's a matter of disciplining your natural functions to your needs.Or they'll chop off your playing! after all,you have to learn it for singing.Imagine you're singing with the others,your instrument being your voice,your breathing being part of your phrasing