[TPIN] embouchure

[bzack1 at netzero.net]

A LITTLE IS A DANGEROUS THING.

-- "bzack1 at netzero.net" <bzack1 at netzero.net> wrote:
Howard,
I have a humble suggestion for your dilemma.

Forget about all of the "shot in the dark" possibilities.  You'll end 
up chasing your tail.

Get a Dr. Charles Colin "Advanced Studies and Flexibilities" 
excercise book.  Practice each exercise at a PP level and concentrate 
on fullness of sound and center of pitch.  Listen to yourself and 
feel the column of air flowing thru the horn.  In a short time you'll 
be slipping around those altissimo notes with ease and your 
projection will improve immensely.(concentrate on the lip slur 
exercises.  Shakes and bends will become second nature).

At this point, you'll realise all you have to do is increase air into 
horn and volumn goes up.  More correctly, solid sounding double "C's"
at any level above MF will cut like a knife and with practice you"ll 
notice that middle range will improve ten fold.

You'll also find find that your lower lip should feel more pressure 
than the upper so as to allow the upper to vibrate more easily.  I 
believe the upper lip produces all of the sound while the lower is 
merely an anchor for the whole embouchure.  This definitely provides 
endurance that the lip complainers don't understand. 

I don't feel that forcing yourself to feel your lower lip vibrate is 
a good thing.  It just may be the reason that you said "I sound like 
crap."

Concentrate on the lip slurs primarily and slide right up to the top 
of the horn a little at a time.  Tongueing and banging out hi G's 
will shortly follow.

Regards, 

Bob Zack

A LITTLE IS A DANGEROUS THING.

-- "Howard Norsetter" <HowardNorsetter at twinsbaseball.com> wrote:
I'm a downstream player with good sound but limited range. I've 
recently been looking at all the info out there and have been 
experimenting a bit, trying to find something that will allow me to 
play higher. In my normal set up, I either have a very slight 
overbite, or my teeth are level. I recently tried playing with an 
underbite, where I push out my chin and extend my lower teeth in 
front of my top teeth.  Four noticible results. 1) I'm playing 
upstream. 2) I can feel the buzz on my lower lip (for the first 
time). 3) I sound like crap and can't do anything with it. 4) I can 
play almost an octave higher than I ever have before, and with no 
pressure. What's going on here? Is this something I should pursue? It 
seems a bit radical. As is, I sound great in the staff and below the 
staff, but have nothing above the staff. A two octave range was good 
enough for a bunch of folks. But then, I'm a trumpet player, so I 
have this hi note macho thing hanging in the back of my closet. 

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