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CMelodyMan · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject: Embochere exercises

Where on the web can I find how to improve my embouchere?

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JPSaxMan · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:54 pm Post subject:

Just get people's opinions and on Cam's Jazz Authority sites.

The one exercise I use is to start on a low D...then go up two octaves WITHOUT using the octave key. This help strengthens it by quite a bit. Keep doin that and you should get some more chops!
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jazzbaby · Guest

wow i dont think i could do two octaves without the octave key. maybe one...

JPSaxMan · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:01 am Post subject:

Try it, you'd be surprised :D :P
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Thomas · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Alberta, Canada

I've played a chromatic scale throughout my entire range (Bb to F#) without using the octave key - more than once, too. It's really not that hard, it just requires a slight change in your embouchure.
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JPSaxMan · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

I've done three octave A and G today and yesterday. Not THAT hard...just requires a little chops and some air Cool

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