[Trombone-l] airy sound

[julie]

I think i will try an other week on that mouthpiece but maybe if I do more 
technique and less other stuff it will help..

----- Original Message -----
From: "james meador" <jamesmeador at hotmail.com>
To: <trombone-l at maillists.samford.edu>; <super_toaster at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 9:54 PM
Subject: [Trombone-l] airy sound

> Julie,
>
> I am concerned that this change just 'suddenly' occured two weeks ago.  If 
> you changed your mouthpiece a month ago, this to me is most likely the 
> culprit (if you say your horn has no leaks or other damage).  For me there 
> is always what I call a 'grace period' with a new mouthpiece.  Almost 
> always when I try a new mouthpiece it feels and sounds great, and I wonder 
> why it took me so long to find my perfect mouthpiece.  Then usually after 
> two weeks or so, my embouchure muscles 'adjust' to the new dimensions, 
> rim, shape, airflow, resistance, etc. and more often than not the 
> mouthpiece turns out to be terrible, or at least not better that what I 
> was already playing.  Follow the suggestions of changing back to your 
> original equipment to see if that is the problem.  (Like Wayne, I have 
> never heard of such as thing as a sound being too dark.  Dead or dull 
> maybe, but those are different concepts completely.)
>
> The only other thing I can think of is the possibility of your embouchure 
> resetting itself to a more efficient position.  My progress can always be 
> charted by three or four steps forward followed by a step back, so to 
> speak. The more I practice, the faster these steps occur.  The step back 
> normally lasts about two weeks, and during that time I feel like I can't 
> play worth a damn, but then I come through and things just get a little 
> easier and sound better.  My embouchure has reset itself to a more 
> efficient position and I am able to use a little bit less air to play a 
> bigger, fuller sound.  Phil Teele outlines this very same idea in his 
> book, Embouchure Studies for Bass Trombone.
>
> Best,
> James
>
> ======================
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> Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán
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>
> From: julie harnois <super_toaster at hotmail.com>
> To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> Subject: [Trombone-l] airy sound
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 7:19 PM
> Hi!I'm kind of depress actuallysince 2 weeks i'm so confused by this 
> problem and it seems of
> nobody can help me around maybe you have suggestion..I'm in 1st year of 
> masteri practice a lot
> (4-5hrs a day) since some years i had reach a great soundbut since 2 weeks 
> its the worst time of
> my lifei sound like when i was in high schoolnot able to do anything 
> (range flex..)with a lot of
> air in my sound and tired after one hourI ha change my mouthpiece a month 
> ago...the one I had
> before was giving me a to dark sound so I change it to get something 
> brigther, It had work
> really well for 2 weeks... (I was playing on a laskey m47 and i switch for 
> a rath 5L)I had
> stared euphonium lessons 2 month ago at school...I don't know why its like 
> that but i am in
> trouble rigth now...and the only point I get from people around me is 
> ...try to play less or try
> to play more..I had change nothing in my warm up technique or whateverhow 
> coul this
> happens..thanks for your help!Julie
>
>
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