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What I most loved about high school band... is dating clarinet players. That's what REALLY developed my embouchure.

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 Kanstul:

I don’t know, but usually I brought my lunch to school...

Then I would eat it!

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 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.

AND Here is a clip from the sites "How we do it" Page:

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Clearly they are comparing apples to oranges

@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.

@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.

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!

@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.

@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.

No experience with Tortajada, but would also recommend checking out Torpedo.

@Doc-Wannabe said in top trumpets:

@Kehaulani

It really looks like he did a review of all the trumpets available to him at the local music store.

I respect that he took a shot trying to become a trusted instrument review source but damaging credibility is not a good first step

Reading their site, they are experts in nothing. They review juicers, cars, clothing... They also claim they make their choices based on customer feedback, with less then 2 minute feedback review per customer AT BEST. They did not play these trumpets. Much less than being trumpet players, I doubt they are even musicians. They are a team of biased "researches: that couch their data into the best results for royalties they get from the companies from which they "contract".