Interesting, I think the reason for the 2/3 1/3 horn embouchure is to help with the low register... I don't think it has that much to do with the upper.
I suggested the Farkas book because of the picture. A good place to start. And, when I joined my first Air Force band I was a trumpet player. I changed to the horn a y ear and a half later. It was a really big thing changing the embouchure! And I think??? that the horn placement will work quite well for the trumpet. In fact I have seen a few pro trumpet players that have embouchure placement closer to the 2/3 1/3 horn placement that the traditional trumpet placement. Hey guys but what do I know? Really the whole idea for the kids is to have fun... Or should be. Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: valerie wells <[email protected]> To: horn list 2 memphis <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 6:14:56 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] mouthpiece question >I don't have any advice as to the mouthpiece, but BE SURE that the placement of the mouthpiece on the lips is for the horn embouchure and not the trumpet. 2/3 upper lip....1/3 lower lip. Trumpet is usually the opposite... Or at least it used to be. See the Farkas book if one is available.< Milton's comment reminds me of the golden age of Philip Farkas. (What a fabulous horn player he was!) When I was still a teen, I auditioned before the brass faculty for the university music school. I'll never forget trumpet professor's reaction. "Nice tone," he said, "but you look like you've been playing trumpet." So... the horn professor and I set to work to transform my embouchure into a classic Farkas embouchure (whatever that is!). It wasn't successful for me. After two years, I hadn't added a single note to my upper register and I struggled constantly with poor endurance. Does that mean the "Farkas" embouchure was wrong? No! So what was wrong? Me trying to look like Farkas! To me, this means that no student should be told to "look" like someone else when he/she plays. I believe that there's very little to be gained from telling any student to play w/ a certain percentage of upper or lower, placement of the rim here or there, etc. This doesn't mean that students shouldn't be encouraged to experiment with both conventional and unconventional mouthpiece placements for the purpose of discovery, but no student should be *required* to look a certain way when they play. The SOUND should guide the horn player's embouchure decisions rather than the LOOK. BTW, I'm very happy with my chops now, thanks to BE. I'm not sure whether or not my embouchure "looks" dramatically different than before, but it certainly functions a lot better. Valerie Wells 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/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
