[TPIN] Re: Secondary Students?

[Matt Hilgenberg]

Steve, 
You could try having him tongue through the teeth off the lip, as many methods are endorsing this now.  (Balanced Embouchure (top lip,) Bobby Shew (top lip,) Jeanne Pocius (bottom lip,) Jerome Callet (bottom lip,) etc.)  Although many people are vehemently against this sort of thought, there's no doubt in my mind that it can help secure attacks and get the spitting effect that the old cornet soloists talked about.
Best,
Matt

>Message: 11
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:49:40 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Steve Wright" <trptdoc at bitstream.net>
>Subject: [TPIN] Secondary students?
>To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
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>Greetings,
>
>As a college trumpet teacher, I sometimes teach music ed students on their
>secondary instrument.  One such student is a clarinet/bass clarinet player
>and he is having trouble adapting to a different style of tonguing on the
>trumpet.  I can get him to tongue clearly without the instrument, using
>what I call "air tonguing", but when the mouthpiece hits his face, he
>reverts to a "dooh" or "thooh" sound.
>
>Any suggestions and/or techniques?  I haven't had this problem with a
>woodwind player before.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve