Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2023-06-30 21:31
Oh I just saw this. I'm a horn player. What I have seen and experienced is that there are some who are totally convinced that "thin lips only" work on the horn. I know players with very thick lips who are quite fine horn players, and yes you see both top and bottom lip tissue outside of the cup, while you see no lip outside the cup (other than the corners) with a thin-lipped horn player. What I determined, finally, was pretty much what I determined with the oboe --- that there is an optimal amount of lip tissue inside the cup that gets the best sound, and thin lips might have no lip showing outside while thick lips have a lot of lip showing, but they have the same amount of tissue inside the cup. A "thin" or "too bright" sound is not enough lip inside the cup, and a "too dark" or "muffy" sound is too much lip inside the cup.
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