| Sometimes yes, and sometimes no -- I had one student who needed a full month before that first tone came out. After another month he caught and passed everyone else in his class.
I really like Ghitalla's advice about having the teacher place the mouthpiece on the student’s lips the first time for the correct position and let the student’s muscle memory work to their advantage.
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