WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | Christopher Hall | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/christopherjhall/activity/ Activity feed for Christopher Hall. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:10:57 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 fcc2941f04f396f8846984a29c6cc191 Christopher Hall replied to the topic Is my pivot backwards? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/is-my-pivot-backwards/#post-153238 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 07:50:25 +1000 Hi Rob,

Another thought I’ve been having on this topic lately (for me) is: maybe I tilt upwards a bit because of the shape of my teeth and jaw. Maybe that’s ok (?!) so long as there’s not too much tension??? I think this probably aligns with some of what Hajo was saying, too–probably everyone is different.

For me, I was definitely exaggerating…[Read more]

]]> 53e63b4b3933adebf03e603df7ab036a Christopher Hall replied to the topic Is my pivot backwards? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/is-my-pivot-backwards/#post-153143 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 07:45:04 +1000 Thank you, Hajo!

]]> ae6d8cad674bd880c0c88888c67c810e Christopher Hall replied to the topic Is my pivot backwards? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/is-my-pivot-backwards/#post-153141 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 06:17:14 +1000 Rob,

I’ve always played the same way as what you are describing.

I’ve spent the last 18 months trying to change this, just over 12-months of it looking at MTM. I’ve made some progress, but not there yet, and don’t really know the answer.

However, I don’t think that trying to play ‘down’ is necessarily the answer in itself, though.

For me,…[Read more]

]]> e72aef6d05d7f614629de9b133281933 Christopher Hall replied to the topic Playing in the "red" in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/playing-in-the-red-2/#post-148232 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:12:00 +1100 Hi Hajo
Thank you for your kind offer to have a look at a photo of my chops and see what you think. I’ll see if I can get back to this on the weekend.
Is some swelling in the shape of the mouth piece normal, do you think?

]]> 0d853e9549a4484455ab1d7b1350d92b Christopher Hall replied to the topic Playing in the "red" in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/playing-in-the-red-2/#post-148159 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:09:32 +1100 I don’t understand for sure where I should be putting the mouthpiece, and I think this is related to this topic. i would appreciate some help. When I play, I end up with a line, and some swelling, in the red part of my lips, top and bottom. The outside diameter of the mouthpiece is centred and outside the ‘red’, top and bottom. But the inside…[Read more]

]]> d44df922da29d47e716d99318340c272 Christopher Hall's profile was updated https://mysterytomastery.com/activity/p/63759/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:39:57 +1000 0 3af6554d2562ab9fa94ca1e915290cdd Christopher Hall replied to the topic Lip slurs - Space between the teeth in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/lip-slurs-space-between-the-teeth/#post-143417 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:43:46 +1000 I’m interested in this question, too.

(Contrary to the above) I’m concerned that my jaw is too open.

Should the front teeth be in line, and almost together?

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