I know a horn player who insist he can't do lip trills. However, he does great sounding valve trills and otherwise has well functioning, flexible chops. My current mode of thinking on this is: whether you move the valves or not, the embouchure movement is about the same in both kinds of trills -- that is, the lips move in sync with the trill to accommodate the pitch changes. So I believe my friend CAN do lip trills, but he's just mentally convinced he can't. Perhaps he's afraid to try.
Any thoughts on this idea? Any teachers out there have experience helping a student overcome a fear of trilling? Please share. -- Valerie Wells The Balanced Embouchure Method http://bebabe.wordpress.com/ 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
