Posted by MG on August 19, 2000 at 19:46:10:
In Reply to: Lip Slurs posted by Brad M. on August 19, 2000 at 13:50:19:
In addition to the others' advice, I would advise you to be very persistent,.
and not to give up on the exercises you've been doing. You seem to know what you're after,
and my experience has been that when you know what you want it to sound like,
you will eventually reach that point with the proper amount of repetition, no matter
how bad it sounds at first. One time when I started working on a piece for an important
audition, I couldn't get all the way through it without running out of air somewhere
until about three weeks before the audition. However, I used it as a challenge to myself,
and not only did I end up playing it flawlessly at the audition, I expanded my air capacity in the process. Good luck.