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Embouchure 101 Embouchure 101 – Table of Contents Embouchure 101 Part 1 – Mouthpiece Placement and Air Stream Direction Embouchure 101 Part 2 – Embouchure Motion Embouchure 101 Part 3 – Very High Placement Type Embouchure 101 Part 4 – Medium High Placement Type Embouchure 101 Part 5 – Low Placement Type Embouchure 101 Part 6 – Embouchure Firmness Embouchure 101 Part 7 – Mouthpiece Pressure Embouchure 101 Part 8 – Embouchure Consistency Embouchure 101 Part 9 – Embouchure Analysis and Troubleshooting Embouchu

YouTube user “Trumpet Thoughts” (Donovan) put together a video that describes the three basic embouchure types using Donald Reinhardt’s terminology. I found it to be a pretty good basic description of the three basic embouchure types. If you followed my link above the video you’ll see one of my summaries of these three basic embouchure… Continue reading

A recent discussion on TromboneChat discussed playing pedal tones and whether or not it is appropriate to switch embouchure types for playing the pedals. Specifically, whether it’s helpful for a downstream player to change to upstream or vice versa. One participant wrote: If you are a high placement downstream player, reverse your playing to upstream… Continue reading

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