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@georgeb said in What's the recording in this scene?:

@trumpetb

Yes, Doc has stood beside many..
But don't tell him I said so .
George

Too late!

This just found, an incredible online link to a very comprehensive Christmas Music Song Book:
https://sheets-piano.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Merry-Christmas-Songbook.pdf

An example from this reading: The use of the pinky ring. Here is the position of the author of the article on Body Mapping for Trumpet Players:

When is pinky ring use necessary?
In 2 situations is the pinky ring use necessary.

1. The pinky ring support is necessary during mute changes, plunger mute passages, and fast page turns.
2. Young players are often tempted to use the pinky ring because it helps them to support the trumpet, however, once supporting the trumpet with the left arm becomes a habit, using the pinky ring can be avoided. A free pinky leads to free fingers and free wrists.

When is pinky ring use not necessary?

1. Outside of the above situations, placing the pinky finger in the ring should be avoided.

Reasoning:
When the pinky finger is in the ring it encourages pulling the trumpet into the embouchure, restricts movement of the other fingers, and prohibits any rotation at the wrist.

@Kehaulani said in Today's crazy Maynard piece:

For me, artistically, there's a point at which I quit listening to Maynard.

Pretty much the same for me. However with that said, I have never tired of John Faddis. He is probably the most relaxed high range performer I have heard. Arturo is close, but Faddis just plays up in the high range with such a sweat sound.

Wayne Shorter covered it all through many years and styles. He taught me so much as I remember transcribing so many of his solos for my trumpet lessons with Claudio. Here is an NPR tribute to him. He leaves us at age 89.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/768874324/wayne-shorter-sage-of-the-saxophone-dies-at-89

Finished my Christmas Performance at the Lutheran Church just a few hours ago, the last service ending about 12:15 AM! Two Services were played. One at 7 pm, the other started at 10:30 pm.

The organ/trumpet combo was just perfect. The organist arranged I play each hymn with the lyrical line the first verse, sit out the second verse (choir only sings) the descant vocal line for the third verse, and the trumpet descant part (the piccolo lines) for the forth verse. That REALLY was a nice way to present the parts as ending with the descant piccolo line really made the ending ring out in the church.

@dale-proctor said in Body Mapping for Trumpet Players:

...As I’m getting older, I need to stop making things harder than they need to be.

But thank our lucky stars the article didn't discuss the pit falls of getting older! So I believe, Dale, that we are good!

Happy Birthday TrumpetBoards... Sent your gift through the mail. You deserve it!

Détente. Russia meets Arturo Sandoval

The organist also had the brilliant idea of ending the performance as the congregation processed out with Te Deum, Prelude pour Trompette & Orgue by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704). While not a traditional Christmas piece, man did it make for a perfect finale to bring a Christmas Service to a close!

This next one suggests the possibility retinal injury from increased pressure to retinal vessels:

Just got word that my Easter gig is still on. The pastor is going to record the Easter service including my performance on Friday before Easter then steam the service on their Facebook page on Easter Sunday. I am sending my performance contract this evening.

You mentioned efficient. Not sure if this is efficient but it damn well works. I studied jazz improvisation with Claudio Roditi for my last 18 months I lived in New York City. He focused the entire lesson experience on me transcribing other jazz artists solos. He had me learn them in all the keys. His theory was in transcribing a variety of soloists, in so doing, you would eventually find your own voice. It was intensive training but rewarding. Here is a recording of one of my solos with the quintet I perform with on a song written by our bassist:

@Bertie said in Christmas Services:

My son was born a week ago, so you know... not much sleep anyway

Hope you were not the one chosen to do the breast feeding!

Congratulations!

@barliman2001 said in Medical Aspects and Risks of Playing the Trumpet:

@dr-go Thanks!

So welcome. Pressure created in the body from wind instruments cannot be physiologically underestimated. I did my own experiments on pressure effects on the urinary tract while I was cannulated for renal obstruction due to renal trauma resulting for a 4 day intensive care unit stay in 2014. My ICU nurses were gracious enough to allow me to bring in and play my pocket trumpet (with a Yamaha Silent Mute attached as a compromise).

With the helpful data collection from one of my ICU nurses, we found that when I began playing from the C on staff to the F just above the staff, my urinary flow steadily declined, and was totally absent once I played above the F.

Long term consequences of this are minimal as we do not play for extended hours throughout the day, but some practical aspects of this study suggest perhaps lead players will need less bathroom breaks!

An innovator in many ways, beyond his performance tribute. His work in the recording industry in supporting up and coming artists is truly amazing. His venture into hip hop shows as well his forward thinking to constantly evolve, and clearly his age does not interfere with this process.

A nice book I have used most recently that introduces fresh concepts in phrasing is The Art of Jazz. I have the link to this book below:

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Jazz-Trumpet-John-McNeil/dp/0962846767

In my other career, I am still going into my medical practice, but seeing most patients (especially patients with respiratory illness and fever) at their homes through Zoom, that uses their cell phone or lap top computer camera feature projected onto my laptop. It is amazing how many patients have home BP cuffs, that we are able to get vitals and temperatures for our online visit.

If patients need scripts (in Ohio for controlled substances) they drive into the parking lot and scripts are delivered through their car window. If they need lab or x-ray testing, they drive in one at a time and are chaperoned at six feet distances into the testing are where staff are gowned, gloved and masked.

The Federal Government has relaxed HIPAA standards and most insurance companies now allow for billing for this Telemedicine practice. The New Reality for physicians.

@curlydoc said in Medical Aspects and Risks of Playing the Trumpet:

@dr-go Can trumpet playing aid the passage of stones?

That is how I got to my predicament. I could not pass a stone, so the pressure blew several calyxes in my left kidney, then blew a hole in the back wall after which urine leaked into my retroperitoneum then filtered to my inguinal gutters inflaming my left femoral vein causing a DVT that dislodged and produced 4 pulmonary embolisms that I barely survived, leading to a code blue and my stay in the ICU. This sequence of events all started the last set of a gig I was playing at Pittsburg's Little E's. So if trumpet playing does not pass the stone, it'll blow a hole through the wall of the kidney. Been there, done that!

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Here are some subtle finishing touches. I think I may be done with it, but I will wait a while to decide...

Looks dog-gone-good to me. Nothing fur-ther needs to be done from my prospective.