Claude Gordon

"Big breath, chest up!"

"Hit it hard, and wish it well."

"Brass playing is no harder than deep breathing."

"Watch the tongue."

"The air does the work. The tongue channels the pitch."

"Let the air save your lip."

"Let the air do the work."

"Rest as much as you play."

"Lift fingers high, strike valves hard."

"Don't stop where I have, but go further."

"You could have a lip strong enough to lift that piano and still not be able to play a low C!"