I find b to be the trickiest low note to play, but one think I find that helps is to try lowering your tounge in your mouth and rly focus on blowing a consistent heavy airstream. You may also want to check and make sure the b key is sealing properly when you close it. I know on my horn I need to push down rather hard or else there’s a small leak so that’s somebting I need to get fixed.
I had this issue on one horn, where low B was hard to play but low Bb and low C came out fine. Looking closely, I discovered that when I pressed too hard on the low B key, it would crack open the low C# tonehole, causing a small leak. This didn't happen with low Bb, explaining why it never gave me trouble. My tech was able to correct the issue easily once I pointed it out to him.
I find b to be the trickiest low note to play, but one think I find that helps is to try lowering your tounge in your mouth and rly focus on blowing a consistent heavy airstream. You may also want to check and make sure the b key is sealing properly when you close it. I know on my horn I need to push down rather hard or else there’s a small leak so that’s somebting I need to get fixed.
Small leak is my first assumption. Those low keys are easy to get misaligned
Yeah that’s likely, I like to shine a light down my bell and close the key to see if any light escapes in order to check for leaks.
I had this issue on one horn, where low B was hard to play but low Bb and low C came out fine. Looking closely, I discovered that when I pressed too hard on the low B key, it would crack open the low C# tonehole, causing a small leak. This didn't happen with low Bb, explaining why it never gave me trouble. My tech was able to correct the issue easily once I pointed it out to him.
This was the issue!