Smile embouchure - Help ?

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manny
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Joined: Feb 18, 2025

by manny »

Hello everyone !!!!

I’m a young trombonist and I am in need of help!

I suffer from a smile embouchure and as a result my upper register sounds tight, weak, and I can’t get past the C above the second ledger line in tenor clef, I don’t have much endurance either and I feel stuck trying to improve with by using a mirror for example but I feel like I’m going no where with this. Any advice ?
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Olofson
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Joined: Apr 15, 2023

by Olofson »

For many players the embouchure is a combination of smile and pucker. My advice is: find a good teacher.