Chris Coletti tried all the usual advice for high notes and found none of it was the primary mechanism. In the next minute, he shows you what actually shifts a note to the next partial, and how to get your lips vibrating faster without collapsing your aperture.
We've all been told to raise our tongue, blow faster, or make our aperture small in order to play higher. The reality is a bit different! With brilliant analogies and first-principles reasoning, Chris Coletti explains why tautness of the lip muscles is the key. He helps us identify the right muscles in the face, shows us why mouthpiece playing can be so revealing, and advises against a few common pitfalls.
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