I'm a beginner too, but I've played Euro-flute and reed instruments for 40
years. The minute positions require the conditioning of very small muscles
throughout one's chops. This requires practice in which one works toward a
"sound ideal" (ears guiding the lip-muscles to make fine adjustments in an
attempt to sound like your teacher or the tape, etc.). Eventually this
becomes intuitive. I guess exercises can help, but simply the act of
trying to make every note of the piece you're practicing the best note you
can play is the way I go at it.
dg
At 04:30 PM 11/14/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I have been told that one needs to practice for at least several months to
>develop one's embroucher to be able to produce high octave notes with
>clarity and consistency. I have a few questions on this issue:
>
>a) Is this true? Is hitting the high octaves a matter of developing the
>muscles of the lips- or is it a matter of training yourself to create
>precise, minute and exacting lip positions? In other words- is this an
>issue of brains or brawn? If Riley Lee was suddenly given my lips - would
>he still be able to play the same way - or would he have to start all over?
>
>b) If it is an issue of muscle development, or at least partially so, are
>there exercises to excel the development process? Has someone created the
>equivalent of a weightlifting regime for the lips to speed up the
>development of the embroucher?
>
>thanks a lot for the help.
>
>
>Stav Tapuch
>
>
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