Here is the direct link to the Harrelson site to enquirer. Do be prepared for sticker shock. Also, do wait on sale pricing. I did get a sale offer over the summer of 40% off the price. But when it comes to comfort and performance enhancement, the mouthpiece is a keeper (for any horn due to the backbore options), and in the long run will be more economical than buying a different mouthpiece for each horn.
https://www.whyharrelson.com/store/p367/5MM_Modular_Mouthpiece_(9pc_Kit)_.html
@Rapier232 said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
I suppose I should do a serious one.
...Might retire again soon, losing interest with nothing to practice for.
No don't do it... as fate has it, as soon as you do, you will be asked to do a gig and you will wish you had stayed with it...
Also sorry you are not coming back to the states, but truly understand as it is CRAZY here. So do stay safe.
Yes. Classic. But here is a song, not jazz at all, that you RARELY hear. 7/4. Michael McDonald singing Oh Holy Night. This just blows my mind with the rhythm complexity yet when sung my Micheal, sounds so beautiful and flows flawlessly:
With the above said, I might add, Barliman has been doing a fine job of policing as well.
@Sound-Advice said in Lifetime quest finally paying off!:
@Dr-GO
And after playing that double C I wasn't worth much to the band afterwards. Because I had expended most of my reserve energy.In the Stevens-Costello method we set the embouchure to be able to blow this double C...
I knew that I was setting my embouchure as directed by Stevens-Costello... Soon as I could get notes in or around double C I took this same embouchure and worked it down to my concert B flat tuning note.
See, this is what I see more of the goal. Not to lift once that 200 lb weight but to lift that 150 lb weight easily and repetitively. I needed to develop a technique that did not allow me to fatigue playing a 4 hour gig with the Eddie Brookshire Quintet. Double C was not my goal. Lasting 4 hours for high range charts that stayed in the high range (high C to G range for a large potion of songs) was. I found on my own what I call the Phoowwww technique. I developed this as a physician, teaching over a decade of medical biochemistry and physiology to first year medical students. I put the theory behind metabolism and muscle function into practice. It achieved my goal, I can now last through a 4 hour gig with Eddie Brookshire. And a side benefit, I hit that double high C with solid attack, whenever I rarely need it. In this technique, dental position is not an issue. Its all about forming the optimal orbital mouth muscle to diminish fatigue (build up of lactic acid to this and support muscle).
That's what it is all about. Endurance. Not double C, triple C. When one had assured endurance, they play what ever they want to play with mindful security. That is the goal.
@Vulgano-Brother said in Not really a "mouthpiece safari" but the need for a "saving grace" type of mouthpiece...:
@Kehaulani said in Not really a "mouthpiece safari" but the need for a "saving grace" type of mouthpiece...:
To use an analogy though, you can get from New Hampshire to California in a BMW or a Volkswagen Beetle. It just depends on how you want to travel.
If there is snow on the passes I'll take the VW!
I'll take the higher priced helicopter, with 5mm rotor blades.
@BigDub said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
What state would you say DOES represent the whole country, Newell Post?
May I nominate... The State of Confusion.
I don’t know, but usually I brought my lunch to school...
Then I would eat it!
@Tobylou8 said in Seeking input on Rules:
...I do like the competition idea of Dr. Mark as long as we can all get along.
Tobylou, I challenge you to a duel! My Harrelson and your choice of horns at 50 paces. You in?
@Bertie said in Vernacular (of range):
@Dr-GO said in Vernacular (of range):
I find it easier to understand German!
But I go still nuts when the german say, the play a C3 and for me (catalan) that's a C5
It has always been my theory that the Germans lost two world wars in part because they put their verbs at the end of their sentences. By the time it was for them to take action... it was too late!
To me it's not a for sure choice; however, populations fall on a standard deviation and the closer a mouth piece is to the middle of that distribution, the more people will find a truly usable mouthpiece. So the odds of the 7C working are the highest. Sometimes, we can use statistics to our advantage.
@Dale-Proctor said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
“Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?“
Well, if you read this thread, you’ll know who we are. A bunch of prototypical trumpet players who have nothing better to do than argue on line...
Argue? As a trumpet player, I see this more as performing duets.
AND Here is a clip from the sites "How we do it" Page:
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Clearly they are comparing apples to oranges
@ROWUK said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:
It doesn’t matter, I am spending ever less time here. If you all are content with ever more pale shades of grey, good luck on building membership.
No Rowuk... Please come here more often. God knows I need more color in my life!
@GeorgeB said in I gave up on "Double High C in . . ":
The only thing I know for sure as far as my playing goes is that my on- the -staff-play suffered when I spent too much time doing difficult high range exercises.
So I had to ask myself what is the point ? On a good day I can play a clean D above high C, and so far in the band I play in I have never had to play anything higher than a Bd.
Agreed. The goal is to play clean, at any range in our arsenal.
@SSmith1226 said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:
@Dr-GO
...He can play a 7c, but I would wonder whether a 10.5c or a 12 might give him better results, making it easier for him to make music like sounds, thus giving him more incentive to maintain his interest.
This was my personal experience when I started out. I started on the 7c, but my band director had a 10.5 that I tried, and for me the 10.5 was the keeper. Even today, my go to size are still the smaller rim diameter pieces, like my Jettone Studio B and my Kanstul G2. Albeit, I do like the larger diameters on my Flugelhorn, and us a 3C for that horn.
@georgeb said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
@trumpetb
I see what you are getting at and understand completely. The trouble is that you may use the most expensive recording equipment in the world and still think your sound is crap if, like me, you are your own worse critic.
Not in my case. I finished a set at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, and the owner came over to me and said "You sound like Clifford Brown reincarnated". I turned to my band leader, Eddie Brookshire, and asked, "Did you hear the complement the bar owner just gave me?" And he replied, "Yeah, I just heard that he compared you to a dead man"
So much for a complement turned into a slap in the face.
And then look at the Team:
Daniel's grin says it all: These readers are SO gullible.
Linsay the Editor: Really Daniel, you think the readers will believe this? Ok I guess if you bribe me with another Hershey's Bar!
Melinda the Web Producer: Oh yeah, you're all giving me another blonde joke.... OK I'll show you.... I'll publish it
Then there's Eliza the Production Manager: Hey wait, she's hot!
@ROWUK said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:
...At Trumpetmaster I made a point about getting to the meat immediately. Here we seem to be afraid of blood.
I personally am not afraid of the blood, it's more the spattering of brain tissue that concerns me.
Barlilman2001, I am worried about you as we know you were having this concerning health issues and it has been awhile since hearing from you. Are you well! My thoughts go out to you with hope and prayer.
