Perhaps the biggest factor in endurance is learning, as James Winter put it, to "play freely." That is, let the air do as much of the work as possible, and let the embouchure muscles do as little. This may be something that each player has to learn how to do for himself. I worked on it after hearing Winter talk about it at an IHS workshop decades ago, and the effect wasn't subtle.
I find that practicing lip slurs helps build the corner muscles and thus endurance. In particular, the "ultimate lip slur" (i.e., the lip trill) will work wonders at building chops. Howard Sanner [email protected] _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
