| Re: the myth of "fast air"
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Originally Posted by Boplicity  I get that. What I'm trying to ask, and not so clearly as a non-acustician, is does the tension of the muscles make the flesh vibrate differently as opposed to the lips buzzing differently. Like if you used different woods in a loudspeaker for example. | Yes. If you want to try an experiment, push your tuning slide in a bit next time you are playing somewhere and notice what happens to your sound when you are forced to relax. Generally you have a few intonation problems that go away after a week or so (G on top of the staff for instance.....). Your endurance goes up and the sound gets more "core" and projection. If you do the opposite - pull the tuning slide out a bit, you have to play with more tension and your endurance goes down and the sound gets thinner. Most every player that I meet plays high and could benefit from "relaxing".
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