You may have seen the video of the amazing eighth-grade saxophone player Aidan Brown churning through "Flight of the Bumblebee" with one breath. But in reality he's using a breathing technique developed centuries ago by metal workers called circular breathing.

It's a rather simple technique to understand. It involves capturing air inside your mouth and slowly letting that air push through the instrument, meanwhile, inhaling more air through your nose. 

DID YOU KNOW?

The current world record for a sustained note being played is for 47 minutes, 5 1/2 seconds by Vann Burchfield using circular breathing. The record was held by Kenny G when he held an E-flat for 45 minutes.

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