@J-Jericho said in Accessories for the Other End of the Horn:
- Despite the name, I have no connection to this product, company, principals, employees, nor associates, other than finding their website a few minutes ago.
Just noted that! Well I guess the walls can come tumbling down from more than one direction!
@Kehaulani said in Fast Tempo and old farts:
@Rapier232 said in Fast Tempo and old farts:
Yes, I bought one a few months ago. No trumpet valve combinations to worry about, just slide positions. Much easier to move my arm.
Yes, it is easier to physically move my arm than a combination of fingers. But that doesn't make it overall easier to get around on. And I was posting as a post stroke victim where it is, in fact, easier to use large arm movements than fine finger motions.
To be medically correct, it is physically easier to move fingers (less muscle mass). It is NEUROLOGICALLY easier to move your arm than a combination of fingers (less distal neuronal synapses).
@Vulgano-Brother said in A little humour:
Q: Do you play the Trumpet Voluntary?
A: No, my parents made me do it.
....however, I'd prefer if you'd play "Long Ago and Far Away"
@ButchA said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:
... hear some vicious heavy metal guitar tones!
Is there any other kind?
@Dr-Mark said in Lifetime quest finally paying off!:
@Kehaulani
Who gives a flying rat's ass about anyone's pedigree?"
FranklinD, Kehaulani, Sound-Advice have all made comment on this post related to doctors, so I just thought I would take an opportunity to address and clarify as a friendly service offered by we member of TB.
And for clarification, we are talking about people and not animals so I believe you may have meant humandegree rather than pedigree, yes? On that note though, I did have a cheek swab performed on my daughter sent to BioPet. She came back Pitbull. I trained her well. She is now by the way, an MS Social Worker, a human degree.
@Bay-Area-Brass said in Harmon Mute Showdown!:
@tmd They older ones are in tune once you pull out the slide a bit. I'm happy to do that in order to keep the classic tone.
Yes. The general rule was:
Harmon in, slide out. I too perform this task with honor.
@BigDub said in I really should be a better player.:
@Dr-GO said in I really should be a better player.:
Pre-Trumpet but warming up for the event on the Hammond B3 at my first club gig. Played once a month at the Golden Rooster, Anderson Twp, Cincinnati OH. That is Ronnie Dale in the background. He was the original organist for the Cincinnati Reds.
I think my first trumpet might indeed have been better than that trumpet there on top of the organ
Maybe so, but at one point I had a dancer sitting on my organ.
@BigDub said in A little humour:
People say to me, "A penny for your thoughts?".
But then they want change.
Hey. You can send me one of your paintings that are a product of your thoughts on canvas for a penny.
You can keep the change!
barliman2001. I am wishing you speedy recovery from your urgent medical matter. Thoughts of healing are going out to you. Glad to hear it's not Corona. Have been loosing some good musicians to that one. Hopefully this malady you will beat in now time and will have a speedy recovery!
@Dr-Mark said in Lifetime quest finally paying off!:
@Sound-Advice
OK, I just tried the "pinch the nose and use an "EEEE" position with the tongue.
The tongue is anchored to the bottom of the mouth and the BACK OF THE TONGUE increases and decreases the oral cavity space which assists with range.
I believe this is nicely demonstrated in the MRI below. Watch not only the tongue as range increases, but also the distal pharynx close more, all to decrease the entire volume of air in the oropharynx:
@Rapier232 said in Mute Musings:
I physically cannot change mutes on a quaver rest".
And when you attempt to do this, bells are at high risk to get scratched and dented!
What I most loved about high school band... is dating clarinet players. That's what REALLY developed my embouchure.
@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:
What`s the difference between a baroque trumpeter and a dressmaker?
A dressmaker tucks up frills.
However, maybe if the trumpet player wasn't baroque, the trills would be fixed up!
@N1684T said in Moderator in hospital:
Damn. I am away for a few months and everything goes to hell.
He's not quit dead yet!
@Dr-Mark said in Lifetime quest finally paying off!:
@Sound-Advice said in Lifetime quest finally paying off!:
Facts and science won't sway a person who's mind is already made up anyway.
...he agreed that he was using the back of his tongue to manipulate the oral cavity but leaving the front of his tongue "anchored" to the floor of the mouth with the tip of the tongue against the front lower teeth. By changing the size of the oral cavity space with the tongue we are able to speed up and slow down the air used to make a note.
I think this is nicely demonstrated in this radiological enhanced electrode monitoring of the tongue (from a lateral and a straight on perspective}. I believe this demonstrates Dr. Mark's point nicely:
This video will help explain the 5mm concept:
This is a response one of my posts discussing a medical concern received by ROWUK: "...must have something to do with keeping your post count high... I know that you consider yourself to be a top expert on many things..." This got me to thinking, that in all the medical advice I do post on this site, what is my credibility behind such advice. So I thought it was time to use this thread to reassure readers of my qualifications at posting medical and performance advice relating to embouchure and lung use. Unlike ROWUK suggests as my consideration as to my credibility, as anyone claiming they are an expert should, as suggested by ROWUK be viewed with some apprehension. So I will only acknowledge how others have viewed my credibility in medical knowledge:
First and foremost, I am honored to be certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine as an internist, and by the American Board of Pediatrics as a pediatrician. Going beyond those certifications, both Boards have honored me to serve on their Educational Committees to design training requirements for internists and pediatricians, for which I was equally honored to being voted as serving as the President of their Residency Associations. Through that relationship, I was then honored to have a National Award named after me, the Gary M. Onady Award, that is a financial stipend provided to the resident recognized as top leader in internal medicine and pediatrics. In addition, the American Board of Pediatrics invited me to publish the 5 part educational series in there Continuing Medical Education Publication, Pediatrics in Review, on how to use the best medical evidence in decision making.
The professional societies for internal medicine (American College of Physicians) and pediatrics (American Academy of Pediatrics) have both honored my expertise as a clinician and scientist by placing me by invitation to serve as a current Associate Editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP Journal Club and as a past Editorial Board Member of American Academy of Pediatrics Grand Rounds. In addition my work has been recognized by the American College of Physicians in presenting an international curriculum I created with another internist on "Jazz Improvisation in Improving Patient-Physician communication" that is a method used training physicians how to better communicate with patients.
As to my expertise in recommending embouchure techniques, involving muscle physiology, I have been honored in my work of promoting the understanding of muscle physiology by the American Association of Medical Colleges in publishing modules in the MedEd PORTAL training program used by every medical school in this country. I have also been awarded by the AAMC for several years as being that organizations outstanding reviewer of modules submitted by other authors.
As to my expertise in pulmonary function, I have been honored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in the promotion of my success in promoting the increased life expectancy of their patients, by serving for a decade on their Center Committee in accrediting 125 centers across this country. This experience with traveling through many cities has also afforded me the opportunity to meet many TrumpetBoard members, that include Vulgano Brother, tmd and several others (as well as past TrumpetMasters members). The CF Foundation has additionally honored me by making me their lead author for the section of medical management of one of their Clinical Practice Guidelines. That assignment lead me to be recruited by the Cochrane Collaborative to being one of their Guidline publications that is held as an International Standard.
So I hope people reading my medical advise will appreciate that it comes from a knowledge base that has been recognized and honored by others, rather than just my opinion of my qualifications. And by the way, my post count is high based on wanting to share a lot of this knowledge with our members... hopefully to improve their lives and performance potential, much in the way ROWUK has enhanced mine through his expertise.
@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
Colon guys! I'm laughing so hard I fell off my stool!!!
We do do have medications for this. On the islands in-continents!
@FranklinD said in Lifetime quest finally paying off!:
To be clear: I completely agree with the post of Rowuk about this subject, as well as about the mechanics, evolution instead of revolution, as well as about the (lack of) necessity of the extreme high register for different type of players.
Personally I would love to have an open and broad high register up to a high G, above high C. For me that's the regular range of a B-flat trumpet. But that will take some more time for me, I'm afraid, evolutions don't go fast. And I invest now mainly in articulation and above all my love for the trumpet is 100% based on my search for the purity of tone, that's my drive. And not the applause of a bunch of high school kids after another DHC.
FranklinD, lets agree to agree... together. I am with you on this, OK. Rowuk and Dr. Mark are on the right track. And yes it does take time to open and develop a broad higher register, and yes this takes time, when using suggestions by Rowuk and Dr. Mark. So keep reading on and absorb the amazing expertise of the aforementioned members here on TB, and please do not let your anger of the medical profession cloud your ability to learn here, and yes, physicians are fallible, and to think otherwise would be fallacy.
