Re: Re: Re: Trilling Existence


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Posted by Mary Ann on July 18, 2003 at 09:36:53:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Trilling Existence posted by Mark on July 17, 2003 at 17:23:57:

No, it was a figure of speech. You have to wobble between the two notes, like you were balancing on a fence with one foot and almost falling to first one side and then the other. You go, in pitch, just far enough so that first the lower, and then the higher, note sounds. If you can't trill using just the mouthpiece, that is, hear the pitches going from one to the other at trill speed buzzing on the mouthpiece, you can't trill on the tuba either. It's one of those metronome things again, where you start slowly and build up your speed over time. Someone who is good at it has a very flexible embouchure.

Some people accomplish this wobble using jaw motion; others use lip motion. Everyone uses lots of air.

For a half step trill, sometimes you can get away with holding your buzz pitch steady and using the valve to change the pitch...but for a whole step you can't get away with this. Lip trills can be frustrating until you figure them out, and then they get to be one of the tricks of the trade.

This is french horn technique, but it should also work on tuba.

MA


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