Starting to work!

[David]

I'm a comeback player after 27 years - I've been back at it for almost a year now. I decided that I would NOT be stuck at D above the staff so I've been working on an embouchure change. I bought the BE and TS books and have been working with the ideas in them. The past couple of weeks I've been thinking about an aspect of TCE that Bob Odneal points out on his website, in a way I never quite thought of. When Callet says relaxed corners he saying don't stretch your lips thinner. So I been concentrating on not stretching and putting a lot of "meat" in the cup.

Today I warned up with a few petals tones. Then set my lips so that a G on top of the staff was my beginning note - I had to relax to play lower. The G was coming so easily that I knew I could go higher so I blew a little harder - with my tongue pressed against my lower lip - and effortlessly slid up an octave - a nice clean, clear, moderately loud G over high C!

I have a long way to go to develop the control, articulation, and flexibility I need, but at last it is starting to work.

Now I am often overshooting notes by a third or so and having to drop down to them - this is the kind of problem I don't mind having to work on


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[ This Message was edited by: David on 2004-02-17 16:01 ]

[tptguy]

David, Wonderful good news, congrats! Keep at it, you'll probably have some ups and downs but the overall progress should continue skyward. Best regards, Kyle