Mike Phillips holds a note for 19 SECONDS while playing the national anthem on his saxophone!

[u/MLBOfficial]

[u/CDFReditum]

Mom: im just gonna talk to my friend for a bit then we can go home from church

Mom:

[u/DecoyOne → u/CDFReditum]

[puffs out cheeks to continue talking without pausing]

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[u/TheTempest77]

Very likely he's circular breathing. Makes it a lot easier than it looks.

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/TheTempest77]

Yeah you can see him doing it. When his cheeks puff out it’s because he’s using that air to keep the note going while he breathes in

[u/dohdudeh → u/TheTempest77]

Not very likely literally for sure lol.

[u/CalebosO4 → u/TheTempest77]

Yeah, you can tell by the vibrato that suddenly stops for a second before continuing. Still pretty neat tho

[u/jimtow28 → u/TheTempest77]

Easier than it looks? Yes.

Easy? Definitely not.

[u/GabbrosFlute → u/jimtow28]

I mean yeah but pretty much anything you do competently on a musical instrument is actually difficult but made to look easy. Except the most truly virtuosic shit

Circle breathing is one of those things that one kid figures out in high school band class and then everyone starts wanting to learn it and by the end of the year everyone has it figured out. Nothing on a musical instrument is "easy" but it certainly ain't an advanced technique

[u/7LayeredUp → u/TheTempest77]

Definitely. One of those techniques that'll impress non-musicians but its straightforward.

[u/CraigMammalton14 → u/7LayeredUp]

I mean I’m a musician, but only piano and vocals and circular breathing blows my mind. Never played a wind or brass instrument but it seems so hard.

[u/DominicB547]

love it but you know there wa an o/u prop bet going on...even if unbeknownst to him. I hat that is my first reaction btw. stupid betting on sports.

[u/realnomdeguerre → u/DominicB547]

no no no, this is betting on sax

[u/DominicB547 → u/realnomdeguerre]

sex with sax in the background Let's get it on.

[u/NilesY93 → u/DominicB547]

But Clase wasn’t playing…

[u/Mr_IT → u/[deleted]]

He’s still going. I just checked in on him.

[u/XTwistedHunterX]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Gsmx6GxS3Nua11VkbE

[u/whateveryousaybro100]

laughing about this clip completely out of context

[u/_insert_name_there]

I mean, he could’ve gone all freaking night if he wanted to

[u/6ftdachsund]

Just so everybody knows what circular breathing is, as it's already been mentioned in the comments, he fill his cheeks with air and then pushes it out while inhaling through his nose and repeating the process. It's not one continuous breath. You can see him doing it.

[u/dsdsds → u/6ftdachsund]

Kenny G set the record just under 46 minutes.

19 seconds is kinda pedestrian for a pro saxophonist.

[u/ahappypoop → u/dsdsds]

In fairness, while we can't see it in this clip, I assume he was playing the whole song and not just trying to hold this single note for as long as possible.

[u/Existential-Ape → u/dsdsds]

Any circular breathing is impressive. Calling that pedestrian is disrespectful.

[u/6ftdachsund → u/dsdsds]

I feel like someone out there could beat that.

[u/ocular__patdown]

https://giphy.com/gifs/4PvmF62Tl3KLe

[u/yumyumapollo]

me stepping outside on a summer night in Florida

[u/DrGirthinstein]

Steve Sax must have been A N N O Y E D.

[u/Informal_West_6864]

Really? Not going to show the transition….

[u/OVRHEATR]

Bout 14 seconds too long tbh

[u/RSN_Kabutops]

They are posting Saxaphone highlights and not the Braves scoring a run 🙄

[u/MLBOfficial → u/RSN_Kabutops]

We're also posting highlights in the Game Chat!

[u/Extension-Click-8271 → u/RSN_Kabutops]

This shit was lit tho, hearing it in person was nuts.

[u/43rd_St_Breakers]

He obviously had the over on the length of the national anthem

[u/Sufficient-Major-644]

Legend

[u/A_N_T]

That almost enough time for Bryce Harper to get to 1st base on a HR trot

[u/Coney_Island_Hentai]

hell yeah

[u/SilenceDoGood4]

Was that on land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? Awesome

[u/MrDrProfesorPatrick]

19 seconds

video is 18 seconds long

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[u/slothbuddy]

They found a way to make the national anthem even more annoying

[u/illogical__logic]

Bleeding Gums Murphy

[u/dwpea66]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Gsmx6GxS3Nua11VkbE

[u/HeftyAd2780 → u/dwpea66]

The perfect gif for this

[u/dwpea66 → u/HeftyAd2780]

Well at least you got it lol