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@N1684T said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

This can be a mechanic thing too. Or just a man thing as my girlfriend points out. She starts out talking about a problem, wondering about it and trying to understand it, and my simple "man brain" tries to solve it;)

Yeah. Sometimes you just have to shut up and listen, later you say, "uh, huh, uh huh, right, I know. Uh, huh."
They know there’s no solution. It’s just how they want to deal with it, to just discuss it.

At no time does my tongue leave my mouth nor detach itself from the host in question.
On a similar, but barely that, topic- my Father used to be able to form his tongue into a tube shape and actually whistle through it. He was not able to do that while playing the trumpet, which he never got the chance to learn.

I try not to be condescending. That’s when you assume the person to whom you’re speaking needs help understanding the very intelligent things you are saying.

Now, I heard that Julie Andrews will no longer endorse cheap lipstick. It crumbles easily and makes her breath smell. She explained, "The super colour fragile lipstick gives me halitosis."

That means...........well, if you don’t get it........never mind.....

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@BigDub said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

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OOPS! My bad. That's me once again not putting my common sense in gear.

Maybe it’s just a Dr kind of thing. They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@BigDub
This isn't about this topic but you may still enjoy it. Check out "what in tune sounds like"
I hope you like it. Matt Harloff is great in the videos

Very nice. I am surprised I found it. There was no link......I just highlighted it and pressed "look up"
I would like to hear that done by a pro trumpet player with various models of trumpets from yard sale to custom made for a top symphony trumpet player.

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

Hi BigDub,
You stated that, "You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically."
There's nothing natural about the proper breathing needed to play the trumpet.
Look at all the info that's out there addressing just that topic. For example Circle of Breath.
As for the tongue, it's just one way of monitoring tension and force.
When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

It’s a funny thing. You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically. But when you are playing you have to think about how to breathe correctly and in fact when I am playing in front of a crowd I find it’s very helpful to remind myself to breathe, breathe, breathe!
I don’t think about the tongue or what its doing. It just knows what to do.

These are the types of questions that get inside my head.
It will now take me weeks, maybe months, to stop concentrating on what my tongue is doing while I'm playing.
It’s ok, though. I got over the wet or dry lip dilemma fairly unscathed. My therapist says I am making great progress.

I have a 1980 Getzen Eterna 900. I was told the 1979 model Eterna was the last year Doc Severinsen had his name on the Eterna. They informed me none of the specs changed from the Severinsen from the final year. That’s all I have to go by, so anyway I am very very happy with my Eterna, which by the way, still looks like new and........the valves are fantastic.....

Different types of people process things in different ways, I dare say. Some are more feel, ear, sense of the music, while others want to break it all down painstakingly by way of a formula. Nothing wrong in either case, it’s just what makes us all different.
For me, once I feel something, it sticks. Often I need to hear it first, but just once will do it, usually. Not that I am a jazz improvisor to that extent, but with certain music that leans more towards a jazz feel I go that way.

@Niner said in Easy Quiz:

Ok.... so as not to irritate the disinterested any longer, Jericho has them right down to 5 and 6.

Five is the classic King Master cornet. That receiver end is classic and distinct. That model has been posted about recently on this forum at this site.

The last one is the hardest for those with little interest in vintage instruments but very distinct. That arrow brace is a product of the Elkhart Band Instrument Company over a few decades. It's The Elkhart model. Elkhart Band Instruments was balled up with Buescher with the founder being also President of Buescher ...see Horn u copia for the outline and the convoluted history. The model "The Elkhart" with the engraved Elk on the bell was made for a few decades. The later models add "by Buescher" on the bell. The early peashooter I have is one of my favorites. I had a later "The Elkhart", not pea shooter model but it wasn't the same quality and I sold it.

Don’t let my lack of knowledge be mistaken for lack of interest.
Kind of the exact opposite of my illustrious career as a student. I should have told the teachers, "Don't let my lack of interest be mistaken for lack of knowledge. I know. I just don’t care. Please teach me something interesting before I turn to marble here.”

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

Hi BigDub,
Isn't it amazing that when your painting is compared to a photo or to seeing the trees and mountains, your trees don't look like trees and your mountains do not look like mountains but our imagination allows us to appreciate your trees and mountains far more than we would if we were to look at a simple photo. Bravo!

The funny thing is, more than once I have had someone say in response to a painting I have shown, “you should paint that one, it would make a great painting”
Uh, hem, yeah.....I did already. That’s it right there. You're looking at it.
Here, for example, is something for your keen eyes to examine for “yer own self”
Which is which?

Another one from our great trip to Alaska. I have over 400 photos from that trip, though not ALL are painting worthy

1. I don’t know
2. Something or another
3. I could care less, which means I do care to some degree.
4. I have no idea
5. No clue

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub

OMG, Wayne, that waterfall is amazing. The entire painting is amazing. Dr.Mark said it right, " You are a blessed man. "

Thank you George! I am very humbled by your kind words.

Here's a tip.
Surround your car with chicken wire.
It'll be impeccable.

My cousin has a job where his crew works on punch lists for new homes. One recent occasion he had to secure someone to mow a section of lawn that was currently an eyesore. He asked his one employee who could communicate in Spanish to ask the young Spanish speaking man if he could do it. After showing the young fellow how the commercial mower worked for a few minutes, the young man said he was “listo” ( ready )
After about a half hour after watching the man mow, a supervisor came over and asked my cousin what was taking so long. He wasn’t happy. My cousin went to get a closer look. The mower was making laps and had been doing so all this time. The grass was the same as when he started! He didn’t realize he mower blades needed to be engaged in order to cut the grass. He was just going through the motions, like a car race.....

Yes. True story.

@Kehaulani said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

Just reacting like a lot o posts on this forum . . . out of context.
Didn't finish my morning espresso. Sorry.

Things I missed . . . Bette Midler went to the same school as I. . . although she wasn't "Bette Midler", yet.

Seriously, and this isn't as self-serving as it may seem . . but in reflection . . I was actually better than I thought I was. Excellence wasn't something one strived for, it was merely assumed.

That's more like it, K. Now you’ve got the hang of it.
I know I can be straight with you. You have thick skin like me.

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub
Nope, no exaggeration at all. The paintings speak for themselves, rumor has it you're a pretty good trumpet player, and you're....well....I guess you're kinda right.
I don't know if you can speak.

My speaking can be heard for long distances. I am told.

@Kehaulani said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

(Sung) "Strangler in the Night."

I used to end a lot of dance jobs with this. Audience loved it . . I hated it. Musical whoredom. I'll do almost anything if it keeps the wolf from the door.

Though all of your opinions matter, sometimes, I didn’t ask if anyone liked it or what your opinion of the song was in this case. In fact, my classmates and I didn’t much care for it either. That wasn’t my point.
My point was.......I had things happen in HS and they went right over my head.
Similar to now, I guess.