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I'm attempting to play a piece of music, but there is this certain part that I find myself unable to figure out how to play.. :cry: The tempo of the piece is 132 in cut time and it's to be played 'presto agitato'. The notes are not much of a problem, but the rhythm is. The part I am experiencing dif...

I've been playing for four years, this year being my fifth. I sound too airy whenever I play, and according to others, my lips cover to much of the hole and I have a huge line AND hole. Whenever I pull my lips back, my lips automatically form a line.

I know how the correct embrochure is...lips into a tiny hole, not a line or a huge hole. My problem is that I can't make my lips form a tiny hole-I play with a line AND a huge hole. Can anybody please offer any advice on how I can improve on that?