Posted by chuck on January 12, 2001 at 04:22:43:
In Reply to: Embouchure Shape? posted by Jason on January 12, 2001 at 00:15:47:
If the sound is good, don't worry about it. I have done a lot of embouchure analyzing myself and have changed some things by analysis and have only frustrated myself. As I continue to learn and try to progress I am seeing more and more that what makes me sound the best is to focus on keeping continuous air support through the different registers and try not to think about my embouchure.
To quote Mr. Jacobs, "Only in music do I find people worrying about whether they are using their bodies right. Get the products! Get the results! Don't worry about whether it's right or wrong, just make sure it sounds better than anybody else. That's the big factor. Take enough air so you can waste it. As I say, it's cheap--it don't cost anything." (from "Portrait of an Artist," track 2)