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- 7 August 2019 at 11:58 am #28714
  
  eric
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  I feel like I have been making tremendous progress just sticking with the basics in the Largo stage. I keep watching the videos, and I seem to notice things missed previously. My range is still low, but the sound is so much better.
  
  What I am noticing is the feeling that the lips are vibrating more freely. However, I also feel small volumes of air becoming trapped between the teeth and the lips (primarily upper). I used to think this was related to unneeded resistance at the aperture, i.e. tight lips, but now I am wondering if this could be a sign of increased lip relaxation. I notice this mostly when doing the lower pitch singing C exercises.
  
  Should I be concerned or is this a good sign?
- 14 August 2019 at 3:30 am #29199
  
  fmaziers
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  Hi Eric,
  It is the same for me.
  I feel that it’s because the lips are more relax and vibrate freely. And then the sound is much more resonant.
  So for me it is better to play with a pocket of air in the upper lip, it is an indirect sign that my lips are not too tensed.
  Kind regards.
  Francis.
- 17 August 2019 at 10:53 pm #29483
  
  eric
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  Thank you for the reply, Francis. Deconditioning bad habits is remarkably tough work!
- 17 September 2019 at 8:05 pm #31972
  
  Greg Spence
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  Hey there guys, ideally there is no “puff” out of the lip but without seeing you it is a little hard to determine. When doing the AaahOooh, I would suspect there is no puff so in letting go of the grip in the oscillator, you might be overdoing it?!?!? Just guessing.
  
  Cheers,
  Greg
- 17 September 2019 at 8:05 pm #31973
  
  Greg Spence
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  Hey there guys, ideally there is no “puff” out of the lip but without seeing you it is a little hard to determine. When doing the AaahOooh, I would suspect there is no puff so in letting go of the grip in the oscillator, you might be overdoing it?!?!? Just guessing.
  
  Cheers,
  Greg
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