Proper Embouchure?

[55Yr Comback]

Hello All!
WHEN YOU PLAY…..
Do you form an embouchure by firming your corners, flexing your lips against your teeth in a relaxed fashion & in turn, create a concise steady air stream through a small aperture into the trumpet, & then just rely on the trumpet itself to provide feed back (oscillation, standing wave, etc) to make the lips vibrate to create sound?
OR
Do you form an embouchure by firming your corners, flexing your lips against your teeth in a relaxed fashion & then purposely create a buzz with the lips, & in turn buzz through a small aperture into the trumpet itself, & not just rely only on the trumpet to provide feed back (oscillation, standing wave, etc) to the lips to make a sound?

[Shifty]

@55Yr-Comback
Option 1 for me. Option 2 makes a sound like a duck being tortured.

Some folks like to lip buzz (sans mouthpiece) to get their blood flowing (I'm incapable). Some folks like to buzz the mouthpiece as an embouchure exercise. Some put the mouthpiece into the leadpipe (only) or into a Warburton "buzzard" or similar device (https://warburton-usa.com/products/the-buzzard).

But only Option 1 is playing the trumpet and is, IMHO, the way to go for making music. You'll probably hear some alternative views here, but they won't try to chop your head off for asking like they do on the oTHer forum.

There's a YouTube video out there somewhere in which we demonstrate that Option 1 (without a trumpet attached) produces nada, but slide the mouthpiece into a trumpet while continuing to blow and PRESTO- music happens.

[Dr GO]

Neither. I form an embouchure by firming my upper lips with the facial muscles attaching to the zygomatic arch of the orbits of my eyes. Why? More muscle fibers attach hear distributing force more in more directions, with more insertion sites increasing the efficiency of muscle action while increasing embouchure endurance with more effective distribution of work load.

This also more easily opens the lip aperture resulting in a less resistant airflow.

I am a physician, that taught muscle physiology at a medical school for 27 years. I applied my knowledge of facial muscle anatomy with the physiology of muscle dynamics to come up with this approach, and it has increased my endurance, accuracy and range considerably in doing so over the more "traditional" methods you describe.

[Shifty]

@Dr-GO said in Proper Embouchure?:

Neither. I form an embouchure by firming my upper lips with the facial muscles attaching to the zygomatic arch of the orbits of my eyes. Why? More muscle fibers attach hear distributing force more in more directions, with more insertion sites increasing the efficiency of muscle action while increasing embouchure endurance with more effective distribution of work load.

Methinks perhaps the good Doctor's description may be (although precisely accurate) offered somewhat lingua-in-bucca.