All these creams work the same as our medics: they therapy just the symptoms leaving out the source for the defect.
One should avoid excessive pressure while playing - or better said: just use "necessary" pressure, which is that kind of pressure ON THE LIPS, to seal mouthpiece with the lips so air cannot escape to the side. Avoid pressure INTO THE LIPS. Pressure does not produce high notes. And, if playing very high makes you stiff lips, why playing & practising in that high region ? If you like this very high from written "a" above staff up to high g above staff (4 ledger lines), why not playing cornet or trumpet, so to not get stiff lips ? Very simple solution. Doing things the false way, but smearing around with creames, that´s a NO SOLUTION. ============================================================ =============================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:59 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Stiff Lips I know this ground has been covered before, but does anyone have suggestions for dealing with stiff lips? I do a cool down after every practice session with low etudes, but are there any exercises someone might suggest to loosen up at the beginning of a practice session when the lips are sometimes the stiffest. Any lip balm, herbal remedies, snake oil that might be helpful? Thanks, Ron _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40jab.org
