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Students should begin on the mouthpiece:
- Place the inside rim of the mouthpiece at the color change on the top lip.
- Tip the mouthpiece up, toward the nose.
- Say “em.”
- Tip the mouthpiece back down.
- Breathe through the nose, keeping the embouchure still.
- Blow while keeping the lips together.
How can I improve my trumpet embouchure?
Keep your lips firm and their placement consistent. You can attain better trumpet embouchure if you form your lips and maintain a consistent placement. Try to set your lips as if you were buzzing and then place the mouthpiece on the lips that way. Additionally, you need to practice breathing through your mouth.
How does embouchure affect sound?
The smiling embouchure.
This pulls the lips away from the flute's lip plate, increasing the length and angle of the air stream, causing pitch and tone problems. It also tends to lock the lips and cheeks in place, and also makes it more difficult to anchor the flute under the bottom lip and against the chin.
