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05-07-2005, 01:08 PM
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| Forte User  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Carthage, TN
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  | Harrumph! Lara NEVER regards what I say...  Andrew, you know how I resolved my upper lip air pocket problem? I worked it out at home. My instructor could only give me helpful advice how to go about it (mental pictures, thinking about things, etc), but I only resolved my issue when I sat in a room, and trialed and errored. Another thing I may have missed telling you (I'm not perfect, dad-gummit): Your lips should touch your teeth when you form the embochure. Not WRAP around them tightly, mind you, but it should touch the teeth, and the back of the lips should slightly go over the top of the teeth. Check and see if you're forming your embochure this way. Van
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05-08-2005, 06:15 PM
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| Pianissimo User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Gordonsville, TN
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 | It is an air pocket. And silverstar thanks for the advice, but it also puffed before I got my braces off.
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05-08-2005, 06:59 PM
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| Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005
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How much does it affect your playing? I don't know if this'll help much, but try to lower your jaw just a little and see if that helps. Don't jut it out, just drop it a little as if you were singing 'ahhhh'. If you can't seem to fix it, maybe you can look into playing with it and using it as an advantage. I know that our lead trumpet player at school has an air pocket in his upper lip when he plays and he's just learned to deal with it...he's got some chops!  Anyway, I hope that my posts were helpful...and let me know of Van ever canes you. He'll be in BIG trouble if he does!  Lara PS~ you don't have to call me silverstar...it's easier to type Lara.  | |
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05-09-2005, 12:05 PM
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| Forte User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Carthage, TN
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| Embochure issues can be a touchy subject for some. I have met players who play out of the CORNER of their mouths play pro, do fine. I have met the 50/50 center players who play AWFUL. The quest is to find what makes trumpet playing feel comfortable. I don't think you're there yet, Andrew, and I personally think the air pocket has something to do with it. It can be all of your troubles, or just step one. Isn't trumpet playing fun? I'm more than sure now that I missed mentioning the lips sealing the teeth, so the air doesnt want to escape in the pockets. He'll also have to start aiming further up. A lot of thought has to go into it when you're fixing something embochure wise. We'll see what we can do this evening. *Putting cane in backseat* Van
__________________ Stage 1 California Light '94 Bach Strad 37 1900 Eb Cornet B&S 7C LOUD Steve Patrick 10 1/2 C LOUD LM93 |
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05-09-2005, 03:49 PM
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| Mezzo Forte User  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: WY
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 | Hey Van, I got your back man, did a 2 yr stint as a bouncer and have a martial arts background. I say use the cane!!! Spare the rod, spoil the child!! Beat it into 'em!  lol. Bring it Lara!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!  *sidenote: I do not condone voilence or abuse.   |
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05-09-2005, 04:05 PM
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| Forte User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Carthage, TN
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| I thought about taking up boxing over the summer (Frosh year has pudged me up a bit, haha), but instead will take lessons with some NSO members (Still working it out, though). I used to use a sledgehammer on an old, ugly tree out in the woods, trying to chop it down. Thats a good workout, hahaha. Van
__________________ Stage 1 California Light '94 Bach Strad 37 1900 Eb Cornet B&S 7C LOUD Steve Patrick 10 1/2 C LOUD LM93 |
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05-09-2005, 05:57 PM
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| Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005
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| I weight train and I know some pretty sweet self defence moves...though I don't think I know what they are called... I'll name my cane (I have a cane that I use when I'm babysitting)...Van.  By the way, didn't your mommy ever tell you that violence wasn't the answer? Lara |
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