This is something I've been struggling with for quite some time, and I can't seem to get a proper answer from brass players in my community band.
What does it mean to lip up and lip down when you're trying to tune your instrument? I am still rather lost when it comes to tuning on the fly against other players during rehearsals, I just can't figure out if I am sharp or flat even if I sometimes know I am not in tune, so I usually use a tuner to do the job.
Even after using a tuner and messing around myself for so long, I admittedly, still do not know what to do to purposely push a note "up" (to go sharper?) or "down" (to go flatter?) . Is it as simple as manipulating your aperture size or something?
Also, I have been following Mr. Werden's guide to tuning to tune all the slides. Is there a need to manipulate many of the notes via lipping up and down once I tuned, or does doing that tells me I have some issues with my embouchure? (A tuba player/band director told me I should not be "lipping" at all and all my notes should be naturally in tune, though I wasn't sure if it's a possible language barrier we had as his 1st language wasn't English)
Thank you everyone!
What does it mean to lip up and lip down when you're trying to tune your instrument? I am still rather lost when it comes to tuning on the fly against other players during rehearsals, I just can't figure out if I am sharp or flat even if I sometimes know I am not in tune, so I usually use a tuner to do the job.
Even after using a tuner and messing around myself for so long, I admittedly, still do not know what to do to purposely push a note "up" (to go sharper?) or "down" (to go flatter?) . Is it as simple as manipulating your aperture size or something?
Also, I have been following Mr. Werden's guide to tuning to tune all the slides. Is there a need to manipulate many of the notes via lipping up and down once I tuned, or does doing that tells me I have some issues with my embouchure? (A tuba player/band director told me I should not be "lipping" at all and all my notes should be naturally in tune, though I wasn't sure if it's a possible language barrier we had as his 1st language wasn't English)
Thank you everyone!
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