Posts made by Dr GO

Don't forget, it's not just the changes you need to hear but also the rhythm. If all you have is rhythm then the world of improv is yours to provide a new direction. That makes it all the more fun and inspiring.

It depends on what you mean by theory. If you're listening then hearing ALL around you, then you are applying theory.

Every 3rd Thursday of the month I have played in a an 18 piece jazz orchestra at a dance hall (The Milton Club). The floor is always packed. I enjoy watching the dancers as much as I do playing. Have been doing this gig since 2012.

@kehaulani I see you have a Committee back in your signature again. Did you get another? Miles said in an interview that one of the things he liked about the Committee was how the spit valves kept the sound moist.

@barliman2001 said in Dry instrument vs Wet instrument:

@dale-proctor So we can conclude that wet is always preferable to dry - a sentiment shared by glasses of whisky.

Not entirely true, there is something to say about a dry blended whiskey . Now that's how you wet a trumpet .

Then there is the art behind emptying the spit valve. Love the point of moistening the sound just to the point before it becomes a crackle.

@ottisiii said in Replacing used parts:

Any suggestions for replacement parts ?

I know a few plastic surgeons I could recommend.

Just got this back from my employer to use for patients to review in choosing their physician. While not positioning for a trumpet performance, I believe it provides the observer of my position in applying jazz to my medical interactions with patients.

@trumpetb said in Valve Springs:

You may be an actual engineer but the real life experience of taking a spring that does not perform well and stretching it, and after the stretching, it then performs well is well known, is proven and is consistently repeatable.

Suggesting I am not a real engineer will come as news to my employers who employ me as a principal engineer, and by the way I have worked in fabrication in several major industries and have 45 years engineering experience.

I have my PhD in metal alloys. And can state my reputation in less words. I win.

You want to muck around with the k constant Trumpetb, then so be it. But the results will be unpredictable. Yes? HOWEVER, I must admit, you just may luck out. And it appears you have. Good for you, but I still win.

@j-jericho Of interest, George Jetson was born in 2022 (July 31st). So yeah, the time is now to install this as the new theme, as our Space Leader has been born!

@trumpetb said in Is there such a thing as a “natural player”?:

A simple melody performed with elegance with heart and with soul calms the fevered brow and reaches into the very soul of the listener lifting them and transporting them to a better place.

And it was so rightly stated: "Nothing swings like a quarter note"

Joey Alexander

Trumpetb, your analogy just does not apply. Cars support over a thousand pounds of weight and are challenged with performance demands of uneven road surfaces, are exposed to thousands of pounds of torque. Trumpets just do not see this kind of strain, so, while I agree in this situation metal composites will break down, your analogy just does not apply to trumpet springs. They are not subjected to the same forces and will endure the traditional force of fingers displacing them over decades of use.

Now the etching of valves against unkept casings can cause wear on the pistons that will truly effect their performance over time. So time is more a factor to wear pattern on the surface of the valve than it is on the performance of the valve spring.

@trumpetb said in Valve Springs:

However upon occasion the valve springs are just too tired and simply not strong enough to do their job, and in that case alone, stretching the spring will have a good chance of resolving the issue.

Springs do not get tired (if you have not pulled or stretched on them). Only the players using said springs, get tired.

Personally, I am no spring chicken, and after over 60 years of playing, I have never had an issue with springs or valve actions in any of my 10 trumpets. They can all keep up with my be bop lines, and that is all that matters.

@trumpetb said in Valve Springs:

Ok

First point,

springs are made of spring metal that upon deformation will return to its original position or length.

In the case of a coil spring, the spring will return to its original length if the spring when deflected has remained within its elastic limit.

If however the spring is extended beyond its elastic limit it enters its plastic phase and will no longer return to its original length.

The spring having deformed to a new length will then have a new and greater elastic range.

The result is the spring behaves as it did when it was its original length and can be expected to give a normal life but with different characteristics.

Of course stretching a spring manually is a somewhat hit and miss process and is subject as you say to variance on a case by case basis.

The principle of deformation in the plastic range producing a permanent change in the length however holds true.

But also the change in K holds true. In this situation, K wins. Rowuk is spot on with his assessment.

However, there is a solution. Buy a new spring and do keep it intact this time. This will make things O"K" again.

@kehaulani said in Circular Breathing:

Almost anything continued for too long outwears it's welcome. It becomes static. I don't call the example communication, I call it pandering. And, IMO, his solo had almost no substance.

I cannot disagree with your first statement. Kenny G playing for 59 minutes is a working example of this. That is NOT communication. It is one person saying "Four Score and 7 years ago" over and over again when Four Score and 7 years ago gets the point across the first time.

But TB Shorty is channeling energy, into the audience, into his rhythm section. That is communication in connecting with many, not just with the one. His solo had much substance as exemplified by the standing ovation he received. No substance = kehaulaii. Substance = Hundreds in the audience. Audience wins in my analysis. They were listening, and they understood his delivery. TB Shouty could communicate with them, and if he left one behind, then it is their loss.

@trumpetb said in Circular Breathing:

I would counter that there was nothing communicated throughout this clip between 0:43 to 2:41

Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago
Four score and 17 years ago

Yes the audience went wild but audiences have gone wild over my performances and that reaction in itself does not mean anything was communicated, other than surprise.

You are listening in one dimension and in so doing you are refusing to hear. Your example in no way applies. That is one person in an individual response. In the Trombone Shorty clip, you have lost the focus on the background. The changing rhythm patterns, the drummer changing accents, hits, use of symbols, toms, the audience keeping time. The explosion of chanting in the audience even before the explosion of applause.

Then you say "audiences have goes wild over my performances"... No. They don't. They go wild over the ensemble supporting the performance around you. That is communication. If you do not understand this, you do not understand the essence behind communication.

@trumpetb said in Circular Breathing:

I am going to add this.

I dont want to impress I want to communicate, and I achieve that with notes and with using spaces between notes.

I would counter by noting that impressing increases awareness which only enhances the art of communication.

Check out the Trombone Shorty clip. The audience goes wild with their response to his circular breathing. What they heard enhanced their appreciation. That sir is the very basis of communication.