Thanks a lot Manny. Sorry I didn't say this earlier, I had more band camp fun to attend to. And I also discovered that it wasn't really my lips...a piece of lint or something got lodged in the lead pipe, cutting the air in half, and the other half that used to go into the horn out the sides of my lips. Once that was gone though, the first note I hit was double G
. Guess that's a lesson that you should ALWAYS check your instrument for dirt
. I will always keep your advice in mind whenever I'm straining to hit notes. Thank you.