Breath control. Intonation fine. Breath control achieved by constant diaphragm pressure will produce higher register and stability of tone and note decay without fragmentation/splitting sound. Practise leaf-decays in ro-buki and longer breaths. Breathe deeply. Initial ornaments beginning phrases should still be more rapid, make sure tsuri glissandi go high enough audibly. At the climax mura-iki section of part 3, close down throat and inner mouth space [rather than raise tongue] and keep lips very loose to achieve airy rough throaty tone quality like Yokoyama’s. Yokoyama’s ornaments on the the high G are with 2, then 2+3, but 1 can sound OK too if hit the hole accurately and completely cover it to change pitch inflection. Ben and I decided it would be interesting to try ‘Japanese-style’ lessons, i.e. listening in on each other’s for the afternoon and learning from the experience and struggles of one-another. In Japan, Kakizakai’s lesson-teaching filled a whole day and students are free to listen for as long as they can. This is a very efficient way to pick up new knowledge and a little nerve-racking performing with such scrutiny so probably helpful practice.  
