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Hello and welcome to Embouchures.com. Have you surfed by only out of curiosity, or... Are you a brass player who has encountered a painful, debilitating embouchure problem? Perhaps you have been experiencing daily lip swelling and/or lip pain and lost your endurance and high range too? Maybe your lips feel weak, rubbery, tingly, or numb when you play? Do you have strange sensations in your lips and face which were never there before that make playing a struggle? Has this problem been plaguing you for weeks, months, years? If you have been suffering with debilitating, painful, embouchure confusion, regardless of how long you have been experiencing these problems, the likely cause is embouchure overuse. 99% of such problems are the result of playing more hours or with more intensity than one is normally used to. For more information, visit our page on overuse. Perhaps you are a student or amateur player just looking around the Internet for advice on how to increase your range and endurance safely or seeking a few tips on audition taking? Whatever your reason, welcome to our informational web site for brass players. Welcome also to visitors looking for a copy Broken Embouchures, Embouchure Rehabilitation, or the Buzz Pipe Book by Lucinda Lewis. The all-new and revised 2010 editions of Broken Embouchures and Embouchure Rehabilitation are now available. Broken Embouchures is now designed as a comprehensive guide to performance injuries and medical and dental problems and offers a basic approach to performance rehabilitation. A new, more detailed method for performance rehabilitation can be found in Embouchure Rehabilitation. If you own an older version of Embouchure Rehabilitation, the new version is totally different. It offers an expanded system for using blocked buzzing in rehabilitation. Broken Embouchures contains information on when not to change an embouchure, and one which explains how a disabled embouchure also disables a player's air control. There is a little food for thought for those who are concerned about mouthpiece pressure, a few updates to the medical and dental sections, new caveats and information about lip surgery, and information on common lip complaints such as blue and white spots, divots, and bumps. If you purchased a previous edition of Broken Embouchures and/or Embouchure Rehabilitation, you are eligible to purchase one copy of the revised editions at a reduced price. Please visit our bookstore, and select the previous purchasers option when ordering. If you don't want a second book, we are happy to send you some of the new performance rehabilitation chapters. If you are just looking for a good way to get into playing shape quickly and safely or to stay in shape while on vacation, you will be interested in the new and revised edition of the Buzz Pipe Book. While you're here, why not check out our assortment of French horn mute nooses, buzz pipes, weighted valve caps, valve cap lifters, and sound-enhancing mouthpiece donuts, all custom made by the BrassLab in New York City. Do you have a question about an embouchure problem you've been dealing with? Please don't think you have to buy a book to ask a question or to seek help from me directly. All inquiries are treated quickly and confidentially. Just send me an email at lucindalewis@embouchures.com.
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