Comments on: Mouthpieces again http://newhornist.com/2009/11/12/mouthpieces-again/ Learning the horn again! Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan Penney http://newhornist.com/2009/11/12/mouthpieces-again/#comment-250 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:51:19 +0000 http://newhornist.com/?p=842#comment-250 Oh Tina, I feel your pain!!!! I have had MANY similar days in the last 5 years; the ups and downs were so disheartening with no good answers as to why I was struggling with little apparent progress…came SO close to smashing my Conn 8D to the floor (would have put it through the window, but then I’d have a busted horn AND window!!!)

All that frustration is what drove me to explore the embouchure change….so my new quest is to find the embouchure setting that gives me the results that I want and locking that down, rather than trying to strengthen what has turned out to be an improper setting for the last 5 years.

I’m beginning to think it is more about finesse than strength; that’s how an accomplished hornist can “make it look so easy” (same for any discipline)… So I am concentrating on a more relaxed embouchure instead of trying to “muscle” every note. So far I have seen some improvement in tone, range and endurance… I’ll keep you posted Jonathan

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