Embouchure (English: / ˈ ɒ m b u ˌ ʃ ʊər / ) or lipping is the use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument. This includes shaping the lips to the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument or the mouthpiece of a brass in

1) Before playing any notes on the trumpet, buzz your lips without touching the mouthpiece. Simulate the sound of any major scale of your choice. Follow the scale with buzzing a melody that requires you play a pitch above F5.

Wet lips help your lips buzz while you play. Find the balance between too dry and too wet. Learn the right moistness that creates sound but doesn't cause your lips to slip off of the mouthpiece. Dry lips will keep you from making a full buzz sound. Ov