Category: Membership Hints and Tips
Tip 9
Never underestimate the amount of repetitions required to create and new and PERMANENT habit…
Tip 8
Our aim is to eliminate any involuntary and unnecessary muscle activation…
Tip 6
The lips interact with the air as if they are the vocal cords… PLAYING IS AS EASY AS TALKNG!…
Tip 5
Critical awareness of a problem is half of the solution…
Tip 4
Practise is experimentation… a process of elimination based on ideas gathered from teachers, experiences and instinct.
Tip 3
Clamping the lips and over-blowing are the two biggest problems with playing and are generally caused by a misunderstanding how the instrument works.
Tip 2
SHAPE changes pitch! Air is for volume and long tones… Less air travels through the horn the higher you play…
Tip 1
Critical awareness of the problem is half the solution… The lips interact with the air as if they are the vocal cords…
