♥ Monday, March 19, 2007
Hello there.
As always, it has been a darn long time since I've blogged. Haha.
Oh well, guess what? The horoscopes were right! Things DO pan out towards the end of the month! I am feeling so much better and happier now.
Anyway, while searching for trumpets on youtube yesterday night, I came across the strangest exercise ever.
It's called the Pencil Exercise. I think it's more for brass players.
Well basically, it is to strengthen the muscles of your embrouche.
Firstly, you should do this after your daily exericse.
Now, all you need is a pencil, preferably those that are hexagon-shaped. Like those pencils that aren't round, but hexagon. Yeah.
Then, you put them into your mouth, using ONLY your lips to hold the pencil. Your teeth shouldn't have anything to do in this exercise. Do note that you shouldn't roll your lips all the way in until it's like at the teeth, nor do you jut them out. The pencil should be pararell to the ground, by the way.
Do that for 30 seconds, then flap your lips for another 30 seconds, followed by a 5 minute break. Repeat for 3 cycles.
Well after about 1 month, or maybe 3 months or around there. You should improve alot. And if you can hold the pencil for 4 minutes, then it's like good cos if you do, then it's the strength that you just need for your embrouche.
After that, if you would like, you can go a little more extreme. Like try thicker stuff, like mechnical pencils, or fountain pens. Not penises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_INaCr8rd-E
Listened to music @ 6:28 PM
