Creative uses of new video technology have resulted in an unusual sight: a video of a trombonist's lips vibrating to make music, shot from inside a trombone mouthpiece.
Trombone professor Jay Bulen shot this video of his colleague Peter Ellefson playing the instrument. Ellefson, a professor at Indiana University, performs frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. This video shows how his lips ripple together when playing high tones, low tones, etc.
As such, some may find that this video provides a little "too much information" about playing a brass instrument. But as unusual as this video seems, it provides a rare glimpse of a brass player's lips in action while playing an instrument:
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