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- 5 June 2018 at 11:52 am #5275
  
  a4audinut
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  I am really starting to tune into using shape and lips to ascend and harmonic slur vs a kick and the sound is much more natural with much better initial intonation. I have noticed 2 things when I try to zen this feeling. “As I ascend to around G above the staff it seems like the movement to ascend is at the extreme of the front of the lips i.e. the very tip of the center. As I descend it seems the red farther back is the area responding. Is this a correct feel. I am having some issues landing a hi c as well and either end on an Aor the hi E, the c just seems to require more effort to land. Maybe I’m thinking and trying to internalize this too much for my own good. My core sound and initial response is much better so far, and I’m only on 1st level. Thanks for breaking all this down in a way I can understand
  Rod
- 5 June 2018 at 2:19 pm #5287
  
  Greg Spence
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  Hi Rod, thanks for your email and pleased it is helping.
  
  The sensation people have varies SO much that there is no right or wrong, it is so individual.
  
  My sensation when playing in the upper register is like a tickle going across the middle of the lower lip. There is no feeling of back up or choking because it takes a lot less flow of air to play than what people think.
  
  I can feel where my tongue is at, what my aperture corners are doing and how much air is required at different volumes. There are a lot more videos coming to explain this further.
  
  All the best,
  Greg
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