| W Scott,
Don't believe I said I was or wasn't experiencing "back-pressure". I don't even like to think of the term. I prefer to keep the thought process as simple as possible. Thinking in terms of how easy I can make this, not what has to happen to over come perceived"resistant" factors.
And believe it or not, you can get a very big full sound (not a "sqeek blat or whatever"") using very little air, like as in no more than it takes to talk, from the bottom to the top of the usable range of the trumpet. More air will be required if there is a very long passage to be played.
I suppose if I really want to "feel" back-pressure, I could blow way more air than I have to to the point of it coming back at me. I don't want to do that anymore.
You are correct about matching a persons physiology with the horn, or more specifically it should be matching a "horn/mpc" combination to your physiology.
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