{"id":3676,"date":"2012-08-03T06:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T10:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilktone.com\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2023-03-30T09:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:53:31","slug":"guess-the-embouchure-type-steve-wiest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=3676","title":{"rendered":"Guess the Embouchure Type &#8211; Steve Wiest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m overdue for another &#8220;Guess the Embouchure Type.&#8221; This time I&#8217;m going to take a look at trombonist and jazz educator Steve Wiest&#8217;s chops. Take a look in this video and see if you can guess his <a href=\"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=7337\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7337\">embouchure type<\/a>. My guess after the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oBvJyCZBc1o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to admit that I had already heard about Wiest&#8217;s embouchure type from my teacher, Doug Elliott, who told me that Wiest was an example of the low placement embouchure type. You can get a pretty good look at his mouthpiece placement in this video and see that his lower lip predominates inside the mouthpiece, so he is almost definitely an upstream embouchure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s interesting about Wiest&#8217;s chops is that he has the less common receded jaw position and lower horn angle. Doug&#8217;s teacher, Donald Reinhardt, classified upstream players into two distinct types. The more common upstream type (but still less common than the downstream types) has a jaw position where the teeth are more aligned and the horn angle is close to straight out, which Reinhardt called the &#8220;Type IV.&#8221; Players like Wiest (and myself) who have a lowered horn angle are less common and Reinhardt called this the &#8220;Type IVA.&#8221; Look <a href=\"http:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=2500\">here for a simple conversion chart<\/a> to understand how Reinhardt&#8217;s embouchure types and Doug&#8217;s embouchure types relate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Both Doug and I feel that from a standpoint of teaching and practicing it&#8217;s not really necessary to differentiate between low placement\/upstream types with the straight out horn angle and the lowered horn angle. When you get down to the actual playing mechanics both these types essentially function the same way. Still, it&#8217;s interesting to find upstream players with this lowered horn angle because it&#8217;s not so common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Wiest is not only a fantastic trombonist, but also an excellent composer and arranger. Back when I was an undergrad at Illinois Wesleyan University he visited a couple of times to perform and clinic at the annual jazz festival and he was willing to take the time to look through some of my big band writing and offer some comments and encouragement to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m overdue for another &#8220;Guess the Embouchure Type.&#8221; This time I&#8217;m going to take a look at trombonist and jazz educator Steve Wiest&#8217;s chops. Take a look in this video and see if you can guess his embouchure type. 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