Sonic Boom

[steve0930]

Hello all
I described it to my wife "Imagine - 6 years after first picking up the Trumpet I found a tiny button on my trumpet, a button I had never noticed before - it's so small - inscribed with 2 unbelievably small letters.. were they "s" and "b"? I pressed the button, started to play, suddenly BOOM! Sonic Boom..."

This was two weeks ago. I was playing in a Metro tunnel - lips did not feel good from the Get go.. I gave myself a talking to "Come on Steve.. sort something out.. experiment" I did - moving the Top/Tip of my Tongue from anchored behind my lower teeth (Or somewhere - i was not really conscious about its position) to resting against the lower lip. Now I feel the aperture is composed of a Triumvirate of 2 lips plus Tongue. I am very conscious of the front of the Tongue now all the time when playing and can feel it tingling. Sonic Boom (SB) has improved my tone/ resonance a lot (30%..?) and yesterday i played in the Tunnel 1 hour 20min non stop. Unthinkable two weeks ago. (40 mins my old maximum)

With the advent of SB my long notes now just seem to defy physics - keep going even when I feel the air has stopped. My instinct tells me this is a sign of a more Balanced Embouchure.

I was not going to post here - I said to my No 1 Supporter they will laugh at me! Then by chance I saw a You tube video by Tom Hooten - someone people don't laugh at - talking about his new Embosure device. He was saying that the Tongue is just about to say the word "The" which is pretty much Sonic Boom in a Word.

Thanks for reading - Steve
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[ldwoods]

Do some research on Jerry Callet Tongue Controlled Embouchure. Sounds like that is what you are experiencing.
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