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tpter1 · 02-20-2007, 01:44 PM

By pinching I mean squeezing the lips, clenching the jaw; in a sense playing overly tight and constricted. Also evidenced by a thin and tense sound.

I should add that not all who pop out 3rd space C on the first try on the horn are tight/tense players; but it usually does signify that. Or maybe that they're rolling in their lips when they play.

MOST kids I've seen get either a G or a low C as their first note. I like to work from there.

02-20-2007, 01:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
tpter1 Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern New York Posts: 2,309	Re: What note to start on??? By pinching I mean squeezing the lips, clenching the jaw; in a sense playing overly tight and constricted. Also evidenced by a thin and tense sound. I should add that not all who pop out 3rd space C on the first try on the horn are tight/tense players; but it usually does signify that. Or maybe that they're rolling in their lips when they play. MOST kids I've seen get either a G or a low C as their first note. I like to work from there. __________________ -Glenn "Roses have thorns; shining waters mud. Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun; and history reeks of the wrongs we have done. After today, after today, consider me gone."- Sting