| of course a live lesson with one or several people is the only real way to get at least the options to pursue and narrow down from.
i've tried the whole range up and down and even side to side to compensate for my slightly off center teeth and now play almost exactly 50/50 and about 15% to the left and i have no problem going chromatically from low F# to about high D and back.
i started out using 10% upper/90% lower as it was the only way i could last and was able to hit a solid GG and sometimes semi solid CC after about 3 months of self taught study (had played trombone 7 years).
of course my lower range was miserable and middle range weak.
by college i had flipped to just the opposite. i suppose i was hypnotized by a french horn warlock but my sound was goilden...upto about a G above the staff. i couldn't play much higher and last more than about 20 minutes.
assuming you have a normal bite, 50/50 is the best starting point and if you are really in it for life you should try different options (albeit less extreme) for individual 2 week to 2-3 months expeditions. switching everyday won't let your musculature settle into the mold.
but yes, 50/50 upto about 65/35 or 35/65 together with everything else, tight corners, controlled variable tongue, etc. and you can't loose. |