I've been using & elaborating on the "roll out" concept from Jeff Smiley's Balanced Embouchure for YEARS, to play well below "fundamental C" on the horn. Not only is this useful for opening the low register, there are a number of benefits to roll out practice: Sound like fun? I've got a free 90 minute […]
In my decades of playing horn (and dabbling in trumpet and trombone), I've been a voracious explorer of different approaches. Many books have given me one or two nuggets. Others have led me down not-so-helpful paths (Farkas "Art of Horn Playing" gave me a lot of good stuff in high school, but also indoctrinated me […]