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Re: Air is not focused/centered

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-10-30 17:09

Ok, I agree with much of g3clrnt, the exception being the mandate on high tongue position. I worry that if you are attempting to hold the tongue in a certain position with conscious muscular effort, there may be a tendency to slow down your tonging (articulation that is).

I am not a fan of doing anything special with the tongue at all. There should be nothing wrong with the sound you get if your tongue remains in an "at rest" position or what you get when you say "EEEEE."

My feeling is that you need to apply effort in all the muscles around mouthpiece and effort in your abdominal muscles, but everything else should be relaxed.

..................Paul Aviles

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