| the lips themselves play a fairly passive role - they just need to be held in such a way as to vibrate freely and thats the job of all the muscles surrounding the mouth and face - the embouchure
__________________ "I was minding my own business when something says to me, "you ought to blow trumpet." I have just been trying ever since." - Miles Davis
Eclipse LR/Warburton 3MD
Olds Custom/Warburton 3M
Eclipse Red Flugel/Bach 1 1/2C
B&H "78" cornet/ DW2B |