@Kehaulani said in Help! I need to hit that high note!:
Louis Prima had the answer back in the 50s: High Note Grease.
(The Lip.)
Interesting in that the notes hit here are really not that high. I guess it's all relative to the 50's. Today's high note players take these notes one or two octaves higher. So trumpet players have evolved to the current decades with better techniques and better instruments. From Homo Erectus to Double High Homo C-lectus. We have indeed evolved!
@Dr-GO said in Help! I need to hit that high note!:
Perhaps we should end the discussion now on a high note before all that conflicting advice begins to pour in!
And there we have it folks, just as predicted.
@administrator said in Oder Deutsch?:
@moshe said in Oder Deutsch?:
I don't mean to brag,
but I am completely illiterate in 7 languages.moshe
I'm very impressed. I'm fluent in 2 and can pronounce words from 4.5
As I tell my patients... I know CPR and 23 other letters of the alphabet. That always instills trust in their physician.
Indiana University. I know Bill Adam (teacher to Chris Botti and Randy Brecker) are no longer there, but their music program still has an amazing reputation.
Perhaps we should end the discussion now on a high note before all that conflicting advice begins to pour in!
@Tobylou8 said in RIP Trumpet "Master":
Good catch Doc, I meant the Circle of Breath. Definitely not circular breathing.
Good, Now I believe we can all breathe easier!
@Tobylou8 said in RIP Trumpet "Master":
I learned a lot from Robin.... and circular breath to name a few.
Clarification: The circle of breath (circular breath) which was an excellent Rowuk (Robin) topic is not the same thing as circular breathing which has been a topic that I (Dr GO) have detailed on TM and more recently here on TB. Just to make sure some people reading this will not become confused with these terms.
@Kehaulani said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
Let's see. A guy who works at Vassar has a machine that can see through things. Hmmm.
Hmmm..... even I can see right through THAT!
@Kehaulani said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
@djeffers78 said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
Even new methods can be made to look ancient
...in front of me was this huge stone carved Mayan Wall Calendar... I reached out and touched it. It was plastic.
Oh My [or Myan] God! The Mayan's were more advanced then we EVER expected. They discovered the formula to AND were able to synthesize polyvinylchloride!
@Newell-Post said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
The wood rafters obviously burned at Notre-Dame de Paris, but from a purely construction point of view, that would be manageable provided the stone vaults did not collapse.
Which compares to the side view of my home:
Also with wood rafters, but packed with smoke detectors... Wounder if this would have helped catch the Notre-Dame fire sooner?
@moshe said in A little humour:
Why do jerks suffer in life?
"Time wounds all heels"
moshe, addicted to puns
AND a heel never toes the line!
@BigDub said in Game of Thrones Thread:
Well, maybe there is a huge void in my life I just didn’t know about.
Oh, you know sir. You fill that huge void with acrylics!
You know, I am a general internist and pediatrician, and practice what I preach to my own patients into my own personal health care. When I turned 40, I started taking aspirin, 325 mg once daily even though at that time there was no evidence that taking it as a preventative was indicated. But when you get the disease, it is just about the most powerful oral medical for coronary artery disease that we have. So why not prevention. Years later we are learning now of the preventative advantages to aspirin. Glad I didn't wait 20 years to find this out!
Then after I had a near death experience about 5 years ago (from a lung attack) I realized I was overweight and heading into my 60's with those odds against me. I began practicing what I preached and started a regimented routine EVERY MORNING that includes an hour of weight lifting that focuses on chest and abdominal muscles, and 40 minutes of an elliptical work out (to Latin Jazz no less), and have lost 30 lb, managed to keep it off for 5 years now, AND am doing well into my 60's. What is even more amazing is the abdominal and chest work out routine I designed has REALLY improved my trumpet playing dynamics as well!
So YES. Exercise has been very very good to me.
@administrator said in Triple by-pass reocvery:
@Dr-GO You can't be saying that exercise is good!
I know!!! Sometimes the truth hurts.
@moshe said in Great Idea!:
Thank you for creating this Web site.
I m slowly dying of Congestive Heart Failure,
too weak to play trumpet anymore.moshe
Moshe,
I am slowly dying of my Personality Trait (which is no longer a disorder since the publication of DSM-IV I am proud to say)
This Trait has helped me become a better trumpet player and has given me the desire to play even more. And blogs such as this further assists me as well in achieving that quest.
@administrator said in A little humour:
Well, as the song goes:
"I was gonna practice my horn, but then I got high!"
(Note: I am NOT recommending this!)
Ahhhhh, but if you play high right, you can continue to practice for quit awhile thereafter!
@administrator said in RIP Trumpet "Master":
I'm curious if Robin (Rowuk) is aware of this site's existence.
Yes. I know for a fact he does, and he on occasion circulates onto this site to observe the discussion.
@pss said in What the heck!?:
@Kehaulani : it's like circular breathing...:
Perhaps a different version of circular breathing. I, for one, practice only safe sax circular breathing.
@moshe said in RIP Trumpet "Master":
10 years ago Wilmer Wise threatened me with physical violence because I dared to defend famous mouthpiece maker Vincent Bach that Wilmer Wise said was a racist.,
moshe
Moshe, you are not alone.
To me, Wilmer Wise was also very unkind, unprofessional and he had anger for me long after I shared on TM my knowledge of the ethics of a jazz great as to performance characteristics in the last years of the particular performer's life. Wilmer unceremoniously blasted me on my revelation, even though I knew the individual that produced the audio and video evidence of this jazz great that was vital in support of this student's thesis that was subsequently awarded with a PhD by the Department of Music at The Ohio State University. Wilmer marked me with anger thereafter, to contest anything I would post on his Thread, as a result of my knowing and Wilmer not wanting to accept this truth.
My choice was to no longer post on his Threads. Would I have been banned had I not stopped posting? Possibly as he was highly honored on TM. What I do know is I still held respect for Wilmer Wise, for the person he was and for the influence he made to others more important than me, and for the inspiration and life he lead. I even PM'd Wilmer after this event with my interest to assist him to help fund and hopefully change an event that was severely impacting on his life that I found out about after reading an article published in the American Federation of Musician's Trade Journal. He chose not to respond, but my concern and heart still went out to him. I did let him know this, but again no response.
So I am glad you chose to work on not holding a grudge about the matter. Holding grudges only brings us to a darker space, and the more grudges we hold, the darker life gets for us. I am sorry Wilmer held a grudge against you and me, but I hope with all my heart, Wilmer is now in a much better place.
Rowuk is doing very well. He has a full life as a Professional Musician, the loss of TM is so minor in regard to his very rich career in music and his other professional life. For Rowuk, I believe TM was his way of volunteering his "love" to the trumpet world. He did not have to do this, but he did as a "tough love" parent. I learned so much from his "tough love" as he was firm with me at times, but I always respected our disagreements, just as I know he had listened to my rare but occasional contradictions of opinion. I respect him so much for this, and even though I still "see" him in other venues, I do miss his sharp wit and highly professional advice. I know he has been scanning TrumpetBoards, and has hinted on one day entering. I trust his excellent wisdom as to the timing if or when he would join this forum.
