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[Music] today i’m going to show you in just 60 seconds how to recognize the dreaded pinching of the lips clamping down and how to eliminate it for better brass playing and faster results in just 60 seconds say this for me pinch squeeze your lips blow as hard as you can pinch the whole body is not stronger than the lips and here lies the problem you need to understand that it is air in the instrument and air in the body that is vibrating to create the sound
that we hear and the lip sympathetically oscillate thanks to the change in the air pressure from bright body into the instrument so to learn how to do this we need to understand the feeling of it so close your eyes we’re going to put two fingers between our teeth oh you’ll notice that the jaw stays down and the musculature comes in this way ah no activation all some activation and we’re learning to change pitch from outside in that way without pinching down keep the body free and
learn to use the aperture corners and you will eliminate the pinch forever good luck have you been thinking about how to improve your plane but don’t know what to do and you’re scared of wasting time let me get you started and i’ll show you the right steps for better sound better technique and better range learn more at mystery to mastery dot com slash wind work sign up simply click the link below and let’s get started
Greg Spence demonstrates the contrast between clamping the lips down and drawing the aperture corners inward. This short lesson focuses on recognising the feeling of the movement.
What should you observe in this lip pinching demonstration?
Watch the jaw and lip movement as Greg contrasts a vertical clamp with inward movement at the aperture corners. He encourages keeping the body free while exploring the coordination shown in the demonstration.
This recording is part of Greg Spence’s public teaching archive. References to dates, events and offers reflect the original recording.
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