My teacher recently started focusing more on my dynamics and pointed out that when I try to get louder, my notes tend to get flat. He told me to try tightening up my lips as I blow louder.
However, another problem I had was that my tone sounded too thin. I worked on relaxing my embouchure and throat and is seeing good results.
I have been struggling to get these 2 problems fixed. Things seem to go into different direction: I need to relax to get a good tone, but I need to tighten my lips to be in tune when I play from soft to loud, when I do so, I get tensed again and my tone is bad although it is in pitch... It just goes round and round.
These couple of days I realized my problem is in the opposite way: instead of blowing flat when I get louder, I am blowing sharp when I get softer.
When I start a note quietly, I tend to play in a tightened fashion. I can then relax my throat and embouchure and "bend" the note down to the correct pitch maintaining the same quietness. After I get to the correct pitch, I can blow louder and maintain the pitch.
My problem now is that I cannot start a note quietly in a relaxed position. Any suggestions?
By the way, it is actually also a challenge for me to end a note softly while maintaining the pitch. It also tends to getting sharp. However, If I am focused enough, I am able to end the note in tune softly by keeping my throat and embouchure relaxed. So I think this problem should go away after some practices.
However, another problem I had was that my tone sounded too thin. I worked on relaxing my embouchure and throat and is seeing good results.
I have been struggling to get these 2 problems fixed. Things seem to go into different direction: I need to relax to get a good tone, but I need to tighten my lips to be in tune when I play from soft to loud, when I do so, I get tensed again and my tone is bad although it is in pitch... It just goes round and round.
These couple of days I realized my problem is in the opposite way: instead of blowing flat when I get louder, I am blowing sharp when I get softer.
When I start a note quietly, I tend to play in a tightened fashion. I can then relax my throat and embouchure and "bend" the note down to the correct pitch maintaining the same quietness. After I get to the correct pitch, I can blow louder and maintain the pitch.
My problem now is that I cannot start a note quietly in a relaxed position. Any suggestions?

By the way, it is actually also a challenge for me to end a note softly while maintaining the pitch. It also tends to getting sharp. However, If I am focused enough, I am able to end the note in tune softly by keeping my throat and embouchure relaxed. So I think this problem should go away after some practices.
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