| Well maybe I'm wrong but to me telling someone to play with rolled in lips when they haven't played that way before IS an embouchure change.
Telling them to play softly is adjusting the aperture with NO embouchure change but telling them to roll in-out-sideways-upside down.... is a change.
Anyway someone who can already squeel double c doesn't need to roll in any more. Nothing about the first post suggests a need to change the embouchure.
He needs to work on airspeed and or letting the air out.
There are a few things you could try.
First whistle an arpeggio 3rd space c to double high C (or wherever it stops) and feel how far the tongue moves. Some of us need to move the tongue twice as far as we are used to.
To go to the hiss whistle the arpeggio (no horn) and at the end try to say sisssssss and keep the air and hissing sound going.
After this feels ok then try to play the arpeggio that way.
Now blow out some air and pull your stomach in fast. Feel the air speed up and get stronger. Do this until it feels ok.
Next play this arpeggio (Hiss) and pull the stomach in on the problem note. Pull in fast like you are starting the note with the stomach NOT the tongue.
This should have the note shoot out of the horn.
You will NOT always play with this OVER blowing approach but this will help you get used to better support.
Your goal is to let the notes float out on the air stream.
The higher you play the farther the air stream is projected. |