Emb_Enh
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Instrument Quick Switch Ability - with ease!
It is my belief that the guys/gals who 'SWITCH' between brass instruments with ease, are less mouthpiece dependant on the mpc rim to produce their initial buzz and therefore consequentially find it easier.
Put simply, MOST brass players develop their surrounding embouchure muscles by using a fair amount of mpc pressure in the process.
In doing this they then NEED the swelling and mpc 'imprint' to form what is their NORMAL buzzable/playable chop set.
This of course leads to early endurance problems and a cutting off of the high register due to this excess.
If one was to be able to form the embouchure [buzzable/playable] AWAY from the mpc over a long period of time, this would lessen the dependance on the inner mpc rim to provide support for the corner muscles and allow their particular buzz.
This in turn would lessen the effect of mpc pressure, which in turn would lessen the swelling and mpc dependance, and also allow the use of different mpc sizes [cornet/trombone/euph/tn.hn etc...] as TRUE lip vibrations would'nt be as effected by the former problems.
Mouthpiece Dependancy....
[ the act of using the mpc rim as a crutch so as to produce the lip vibrations more easily as opposed to being able to buzz freely the same way on and off the inst. ]
...is also partially why some people find the 'momentary plus' of a new mpc rim exciting, only to find that later on, that momentary 'plus point' has retreated into the mists of time as their playing settles down again into a normal playing pattern.
If your TOO mpc dependant this will have a significant effect on your perception of ANY mpc at ANY given point in your development.
So what's the answer?...you have to realise that either....
a) YOU are either making the sound on your brass inst. by buzzing efficiently ....or...
b) YOU are using the mpc too much to aid you in buzzing and therefore, you will succumb to the parameters that the characteristics of the mpc you are trying will have on your personal physiology / brass inst. sound.
In other words, if you're a very mpc dependant player and you do change mpc's from small to big or vice -verca [or even using different cup depths for style] then you are going to HAVE to change your old practice routine to cope with the negatives of the new mpc.
Also the more 'mouthpiece dependant' you are in producing your sound the more difficult it is to use more than one mpc for different styles/insts.
How do you know whether you are mpc dependant or not?
Can you "free lip buzz" well without the mpc?
MANY good 'SWITCHERS' are just are natural in their initial buzz set up which allows them to 'switch' with more ease than the rest ...and....they wonder why others are'nt in the same position.
No great mystery.... : )
It is my belief that the guys/gals who 'SWITCH' between brass instruments with ease, are less mouthpiece dependant on the mpc rim to produce their initial buzz and therefore consequentially find it easier.
Put simply, MOST brass players develop their surrounding embouchure muscles by using a fair amount of mpc pressure in the process.
In doing this they then NEED the swelling and mpc 'imprint' to form what is their NORMAL buzzable/playable chop set.
This of course leads to early endurance problems and a cutting off of the high register due to this excess.
If one was to be able to form the embouchure [buzzable/playable] AWAY from the mpc over a long period of time, this would lessen the dependance on the inner mpc rim to provide support for the corner muscles and allow their particular buzz.
This in turn would lessen the effect of mpc pressure, which in turn would lessen the swelling and mpc dependance, and also allow the use of different mpc sizes [cornet/trombone/euph/tn.hn etc...] as TRUE lip vibrations would'nt be as effected by the former problems.
Mouthpiece Dependancy....
[ the act of using the mpc rim as a crutch so as to produce the lip vibrations more easily as opposed to being able to buzz freely the same way on and off the inst. ]
...is also partially why some people find the 'momentary plus' of a new mpc rim exciting, only to find that later on, that momentary 'plus point' has retreated into the mists of time as their playing settles down again into a normal playing pattern.
If your TOO mpc dependant this will have a significant effect on your perception of ANY mpc at ANY given point in your development.
So what's the answer?...you have to realise that either....
a) YOU are either making the sound on your brass inst. by buzzing efficiently ....or...
b) YOU are using the mpc too much to aid you in buzzing and therefore, you will succumb to the parameters that the characteristics of the mpc you are trying will have on your personal physiology / brass inst. sound.
In other words, if you're a very mpc dependant player and you do change mpc's from small to big or vice -verca [or even using different cup depths for style] then you are going to HAVE to change your old practice routine to cope with the negatives of the new mpc.
Also the more 'mouthpiece dependant' you are in producing your sound the more difficult it is to use more than one mpc for different styles/insts.
How do you know whether you are mpc dependant or not?
Can you "free lip buzz" well without the mpc?
MANY good 'SWITCHERS' are just are natural in their initial buzz set up which allows them to 'switch' with more ease than the rest ...and....they wonder why others are'nt in the same position.
No great mystery.... : )