Posted by Steve C on March 18, 2001 at 19:49:48:
In Reply to: starting notes posted by bad buzz on March 18, 2001 at 19:23:44:
From my understanding, "chewing" the note is closing the jaw as you articulate (making a chewing motion to make the note :)
So to fix that, keep the jaw down and concentrate on not moving it while you play, and support, don't necessarily use a lot of air, but use a strong flow of air.
As far as pushing on your mouthpiece... I got no clue, this may help a little, may not. There are more knolegable people on here than I am, and I probably should have waited for them to answer, but oh well :)
Steve C