I remember reading and/or hearing from somewhere, someone that Philip Farkas said that "lipping down" produces a better tone on an instrument than "lipping up," so if you tune your instrument a little on the higher side, you'll sound better overall than if you do it the other way. No where is this better demonstrated than on my little screaming Bb, which I'm becoming more & more attached to. I'm going to be using it to play asst. 1st on Beet-7 and the first line E was flat so I was lipping it up. It sounded horrid. I retuned the horn, making the whole thing a little sharper and adjusting the valve slides as well. Now I'm no longer lipping the first line E upwards, but actually a little downwards and it sounds way better. I think I know what Farkas meant. And, BTW, the flat second line G isn't so troublesome anymore because I'm not trying to lip it up so much.
Valerie Wells http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
