melligene Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Nice post today on Face Book by Drum Corps' World regarding Bonnie Ott. Deservedly so. My question: How does one learn how to do Lip Trills? What is the practice regumine. Been playing a horn since 1954 (trumpet, Mellophone, blah, blah, Blah,) but never asked till now. Is it a gift...? A certain tecnique...? What..? I'm 68 years old now so I'd like to learn this ONE thing while I have the time. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Bonnie was one of the best mellos ever. Last I heard she was marching with the SF Renegades. The only thing I know about lip trills is that they're done with the tongue and not the lips, so I guess the term is something of a misnomer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnoise Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Lip trills are just fast slurs. I learned out of the Arban's book. Took about 3 months when I was in high school. I practiced them a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frachel Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Lip trills are just fast slurs. I learned out of the Arban's book. Took about 3 months when I was in high school. I practiced them a lot. Same here. I did it with the tongue and saying "ah-ee-ah-ee-...". Just took lot of practice to get the tongue moving that fast and smooth.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notasop Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Same here. I did it with the tongue and saying "ah-ee-ah-ee-...". Just took lot of practice to get the tongue moving that fast and smooth.. Not exactly sure how I do it, I just do! Maybe I am just lucky! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ywpkm0 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Try whistling it...notice how the front part of the tongue goes below the gum line and the back of the tongue lifts? Pick up the horn. Then slowly slur between two partials...let`s say High C&D, play both notes open,using the same tongue technique you whistled with...speed it up with a little more air on the D...easy as pie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Drum Corps Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 da-ee-ah-ee-ah-ee-ah-ee slowly then build up speed. Cooley is right by whistling it, it gets easier to build speed. It is a very fast lip slur, like someone had mentioned. Try it between a major second at first like a-b or c-d upper register, then you can make it faster and get bigger intervals. Think the theme from the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. You should have no problem with the last one. BTW...it isnt anywhere on a Labatt's Blue can, so you might as well stop looking for it there. Donny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralTsoChicken Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Two great resources for building a solid lip trill. The Colin Lip Flexibilities The Bai Lin Lip Flexibilities get flexible everywhere, don't let the lip trill be because of tension or a gimmick. Play with a wet embouchure and play every flexibility imaginable. Before you know it, you'll have a solid lip trill. The hardest part of the lip trill once you get flexible, is getting the first lip trill to break. Once you get the lip trill started, it goes pretty well. Trombone players have a trick of barely moving the slide out (just a bit) to get that first break to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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