| Re: Embouchure
I don't think the red mark means anything by itself. Even if play low notes, very softly with only enough pressure to seal the mouthpiece to the lips (I'm not saying you SHOULD with artificially light pressure like that, but IF I do) I still get a big red circle. It's not significantly different if I play loud or high...my lips just redden easily I guess! The point is that it can't be a diagnosis all by itself. Maybe you use too much or not enough pressure, but the look of your lip isn't the way to tell.
Sometimes the lip can look kind of beat up and work fine...just look at Wayne Bergeron's picture in the recent ITG. He's incredible, and there's obviously been some pressure applied to those lips over the years!
Jason.
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