November 18, 2009 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: Embouchure, Horn study
Notes on Hyperflexibility
Today’s article is a brief recommendation to check out Sergeant Major Dennis Edelbrock’s outline presentation called “Hyperflexibilty: An Owner’s Manual for Embouchure Development.” While this appears to be meant as an outline in tandem with a live presentation, it does offers some nice tips and interesting concepts to think about.
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