And I take this as a chance for a rebirth. gmonady is now Dr GO.

Prior to my retirement from my professorial gig at the medical school this past December, I taught muscle physiology in the first year medical student curriculum. We are at the mercy to the laws of physiology of muscle fiber development. So it takes about 2-6 weeks for muscle to adapt to new stress without damaging fibers. At the end of that 2-6 week span, one can add another 20% duration to the work out. So if 45 minutes is all you can do at this point, continue for several weeks at 45 minutes, than in that new week add 45 x 0.20 or about 10 minutes to the next week (55 minutes) and stay with that for another several weeks. Then advance another 20%. Keep doing this at these intervals until you reach your goal.

Let fatigue be your friend. When you loose control or start leaking air, step away from the horn for the day and start back at it tomorrow.

Let me know how this works out.

AND to the Chemists out there:

HAPPY EASTER from:

The Ether Bunny

I recommend that the Web Designer open up a Category Titled: Good Medicine for Musicians

@barliman2001 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:

Ok, if there is no need to lock it, I won't. Just wanted to test the general feeling.

Very good, now we can all breathe a little easier. Total thumb's up barliman

It all boils down to the saying: You practice not until you get it right, but until you cannot get it wrong. That is what it takes to become an expert.

@georgeb said in An important MP change:

@dr-go

Because of the smaller Wick ID I'm having a little trouble getting clean notes down there. But I have some exercises that should fix that in time.

Perhaps just relaxing the embouchure will achieve this .

I can see it now:

Denis Wick will make A-fib alright and that's no lie!

@curlydoc said in What are pedal tones on the trumpet?:

@ssmith1226 strains my eyes!

...and my lips!

@bigdub said in A little humour:

@dr-go
No, but I have had to wear a mask while wearing glasses, so I have been entitled to quite a bit of condensation.

Vulgano Brother on his lunch break:
https://www.facebook.com/washington.justinma/videos/2945432535695472

@A Former User said in Elmer Churampi:
...However, for some people, practicing the horn is a drug and their dragon is figuring out how some piece or piece of a song goes.

After 10,000 hours of practicing, I am dragon!

Ahhh... from what you posted, he has definitely fulfilled 10.000 hours... So the 10,000 hour rule does apply. (1,500 hours in dog years)

@georgeb said in How is this possible?:

@dr-go

Double high C ? Wow. I couldn't play DHC in my youth let alone in my mid 80s. And you just popped them off like pieces of candy ??????? My hat is off to you, sir.

Using my Harrelson Summit with Jason's 5mm Jettone Studio B copy makes this so easy, albeit I was practicing the chart last evening before our concert on Thursday with my Getzen Power bore and the original Jettone Studio B mouthpiece (gifted to me by Maynard Ferguson) and that horn also popped out the DHC's with minimal effort.

The wild part about one of the phrases is the last three notes in the phrase is the half note G just above the staff followed by the eight note Bb then double high C whole note. That jump from the G to that Bb is the real challenge. The DHC then just falls into place.