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trickg · 04-25-2007, 08:10 PM

Bill Chase used to do that too and I read somewhere that by shifting your grip to a lower position around the bottom of the valves, it helps you to take pressure off of your top lip - if you pin your top lip with the mouthpiece, it can cut off circulation and vibration and be a major hidrance to your playing.

At least that's one theory I read.

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trickg Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland Posts: 2,054	Re: Holding Trumpet Differently in High Range? Bill Chase used to do that too and I read somewhere that by shifting your grip to a lower position around the bottom of the valves, it helps you to take pressure off of your top lip - if you pin your top lip with the mouthpiece, it can cut off circulation and vibration and be a major hidrance to your playing. At least that's one theory I read. __________________ Patrick Gleason email me at: trickg1@hotmail.com "What we do in life echoes in eternity" "At my signal, unleash hell." - Maximus Decimus Meridius