Hi Valerie,

"Every player can move from one note to another and back again; however slow 
this may be, it is still a lip trill. The task is to increase the speed."

Tuckwell, Barry: Playing the Horn, A practical guide p.17, Oxford Instrumental 
Tutors; Oxford University Press, [1978]; Music Department, 44 Conduit Street, 
London WIR ODE

Cheers,
Martin Bender


On 2011-03-29, at 3:50 PM, valerie wells wrote:

> 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
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