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rowuk · 03-26-2007, 08:53 PM

To be honest, I generally do not discuss embouchure changes with my students. They get exercizes to correct whatever may be wrong as I don't want them intellectualising the process.
Any overhaul of your playing should involve body use, breathing and at the end the mechanics in that order (I call this "the basics"). Playing with pressure means that the work has not been divided correctly between those 3 factors. Anything that you do wrong has to be compensated for somewhere else.
Yoga or martial arts are very good to get in touch with your body.
Swimming is good for breathing and timing.
The mechanics are dependent on your present state - and that is not diagnosable over the internet.

03-26-2007, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,572	Re: Embouchure Change To be honest, I generally do not discuss embouchure changes with my students. They get exercizes to correct whatever may be wrong as I don't want them intellectualising the process. Any overhaul of your playing should involve body use, breathing and at the end the mechanics in that order (I call this "the basics"). Playing with pressure means that the work has not been divided correctly between those 3 factors. Anything that you do wrong has to be compensated for somewhere else. Yoga or martial arts are very good to get in touch with your body. Swimming is good for breathing and timing. The mechanics are dependent on your present state - and that is not diagnosable over the internet. __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.