Posted by js on September 30, 2002 at 14:39:17:
In Reply to: Re: Re: lip slurs ascending posted by Jay Bertolet on September 30, 2002 at 10:41:51:
Jay,
Let me know if you agree or disagree:
I'm not sure how much changing the inside shape of the mouth would help lip slurs anyway, since everything on the tuba is so much bigger than the trumpet.
I agree with you that moving the toungue around during pitch changes can only hurt tone quality.
I'm not even sure how much of an "assist" this toungue-movement technique actually offers trumpet players, and I personally believe that it's a bit of a "Dumbo's feather" thing.
Lip slurs are a matter of TIMING, BALANCE, and FINESSE - perhaps like walking a tightrope. Once someone gets their timing, balance, and finesse within a certain fine line, that fine line finally seems to the person who has mastered it as if that line is a mile wide.