8. FISH FACE! (How to Build a Stronger Embouchure)

Video #8 of 18 in the series: Up Your Mental & Emotional Game (for Trumpet Playing)

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Some key take-aways from this video:

"I feel the way I interface with the horn is by observing how far away from my teeth I'm pushing the mouthpiece."

"...‘fish face’ is the action of building those muscles' ability to flex forward, which is huge, and it's what you need in order to counteract any inward pressure. ...if you're meeting it with more outward pressure than inward pressure, then it’s still a net positive."

"So, the exercise is: Blow the kiss, hold it, flex it, [sounds] and that action is just great for growing your muscles in the way that I feel is the most helpful: growing them thick, and far away from your teeth.

"This is a serious isometric exercise and really, you should probably be tired in ten seconds, fifteen seconds you should feel some serious burn."

"Get ready to push that mouthpiece away from your teeth and make it so that the passageway that the air is traveling through, that is your aperture, is a more three-dimensional — is a longer tunnel of vibrating flesh."

"‘...'fish face' is a great way to pull your sh*t together and to come back from a long time off."