Hi Greg,
First of all thanks very much for taking time to reply so quickly!
I hope i’am not boring you to much with my basics questions, but i am just an amateur (my job is family doctor) and my goal is not “to fight” with my trumpet. I just want to have fun and for me it’s rather a torture for 5 years that i take classes.I play know in 2 orchestras but i don’t feel good, i always feel on the tightrope and have sore lips at the end of the gig. I know the expression by Arnold Jacob “paralysis by analysis” however it’s seems to me that we must start (like any learning) on a good foundation. So here is my question.
When i see you with “whaou technic”, i have the impression that you play trumpet with your lips wide open. But my teacher says that the lips must be against each other like when we say dimmmm…. He says that the aperture is formed when the air is passing through the lips, and not made before, otherwise the sound is going to be airy, the endurance will suffer, and the high register will not be possible.
Thanks for your advice and conviction.
All the best!