AT age 76, I find my lip trills slowing down and I don't know why. I used to have fast and even trills, both on alto and tenor. I have to work now twice as hard to build my trills back to a moderate tempo. Same thing with pedal notes.
I think about the control of the trill just like in this tutorial, keeping them with metronome at different tempo and break the trill up , play them fast is it seems the natural they do when in full flow but keeping them at different tempo and how to incorporate them into my technique of general playing. Flexibility at its finest I find them but very advanced players take the trill to a whole new level of control in how long we play a trill for example it as you know can be a very short trills withing our solos , this time round 3 yrs back at it after 1718 years off it. This time no teeth
Hopefully not too much showing off! This was something I was really happy to talk about because, once I got it, it was very easy for me to implement and made all of the difference in the control, response, and sound of my trills (shakes, etc.)
Thanks for the comment! With my lip trills (and all articulation) I keep the tip of my tongue free; I have tried anchor tonguing and it just doesn't work for me. Depending on the register the height of my tongue will change and my focus in the movement is more on the middle but the tip remains free to move as well; thanks for asking!
I have a concert coming up. I’m playing the David concerto with my piano teacher as the accompaniment. And this really helps thanks! I live in japan so it’s pretty safe I guess
The biggest myth in brass. That the tongue controls sir speed. I am afraid it doesn't. It's just something brass players hear and repeat. Moving the tongue helps. But it has NOTHING to do with air speed.
