Tight vs Open lips. This is one of the most important factors of your tone production. If your lips are tight and constantly pushing against each other, the only way to get them to vibrate is by forcing air through. As long as you play this way, you won’t be able to reach your full potential of tone colors or volume. So what’s the alternative? Opening up your lips. Try this: engage all your facial muscles from the eyes down - creating a stable platform for your aperture to vibrate. If the lips a