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Originally Posted by Bear  guys, this is great stuff. Blowin' my mind. Someone needs to write up a grant for y'all. One question though... The vibrations of the lips, do they not create the "pitch" in essence, and the speed of the buzz comes from the cross pressure of the lips and air? So what part does the tounge play? Can't someone play a DHC with their tounge on the floor of their mouth? (I can, so I'm lost as to the role of the toungue. For me, if I was that lazer sound, I raise the toungue, darker = lower. Either way, my range is consistent.) |
Bear,
the initial tension of the embouchure and blast of air sort of determines which partial (note) is played.
As far as valid combinations to play a note, we can play a double C with the tongue low in the mouth. It is just a lot more work (the inefficient oral cavity).
Let's not forget, a great player has an infinite amount of combinations depending on mother language, jaw and teeth structure and plain old playing habits. Theoretically, any improvement can help something........... The tongue forms the shape and size of the oral cavity. When the tongue is high in the mouth, the sound gets brighter AND the efficiency seems to go up. I believe this is due to a smaller/"stiffer" oral cavity.