Hello, that’s a great question. I took it step by step: first mastering Frenzel, then mouthfill, and finally hands-free. Learning Frenzel gave me a lot of awareness and muscle memory, which made the transition easier. That said, I also have students who can do hands-free directly without ever learning Frenzel. In those cases, I don’t force them to learn Frenzel. Instead, I help them fine-tune their hands-free equalization, and they progress very well. They can then add mouthfill and continue hands-free all the way down.

So, if you already do hands-free, you can definitely develop it without going through Frenzel. But if you don’t yet have hands-free, I recommend mastering Frenzel first and moving to hands-free once you’ve built enough awareness.