| My first 'pro' trumpet teacher also used the 'ta' and 'eee' example, but he also taught that you need to keep the tongue down. The 'ta' and 'eee' is more about the facial shape that you use----i.e. tucked in corners with the lips pulling back for high notes and relaxing for the lower notes.
I really like this particular thread. I wish, when I started playing many years ago, that I had been taught that the stomach is an air tank. It wasn't until I started back in on the horn after quite a few years off that I learned this truth. Good sound and high notes aren't about lip pressure, but about stomach pressure! |