The Prof. is right. You are probably putting too much air in the horn. Another thing to do would be stop concentrating on the problem. Too much thinking causes problems like an air leak or a double buzz, etc.
Stuart Womble --- "Prof.Hans Pizka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try not to blow that much air through the horn. > Happy New Year to you. > > Describe more of the phenomenon to me in a private > letter > To [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ============================================================ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Gordon, Heather > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 1:10 AM > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Subject: [Hornlist] (no subject) > > Lately I've developed a slight air leak in the left > side of > my embouchure. I've never had this problem before > (probably > showed up about two months ago). I'm a student and > currently spend quite a bit of time with my face to > the horn > every day, so I thought maybe I had injured myself > (I'd > heard such things can be symptoms). So I took a few > days > off from playing, but felt no improvement when I > went back > to the horn. It doesn't seem to seriously affect my > playing > (yet), but I'd like to eradicate this problem while > it's > still relatively young. Anyone have any > suggestions? It's > really annoying. Seems that no matter how hard I > concentrate on creating a good air seal, quite a bit > manages > to get out. Thanks in advance. > > Heather "Red" Gordon > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. > de > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/intrubul%40yahoo.com > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
