Posts made by Dr GO

I can see it now:

Denis Wick will make A-fib alright and that's no lie!

@curlydoc said in What are pedal tones on the trumpet?:

@ssmith1226 strains my eyes!

...and my lips!

@bigdub said in A little humour:

@dr-go
No, but I have had to wear a mask while wearing glasses, so I have been entitled to quite a bit of condensation.

Vulgano Brother on his lunch break:
https://www.facebook.com/washington.justinma/videos/2945432535695472

@A Former User said in Elmer Churampi:
...However, for some people, practicing the horn is a drug and their dragon is figuring out how some piece or piece of a song goes.

After 10,000 hours of practicing, I am dragon!

Ahhh... from what you posted, he has definitely fulfilled 10.000 hours... So the 10,000 hour rule does apply. (1,500 hours in dog years)

@georgeb said in How is this possible?:

@dr-go

Double high C ? Wow. I couldn't play DHC in my youth let alone in my mid 80s. And you just popped them off like pieces of candy ??????? My hat is off to you, sir.

Using my Harrelson Summit with Jason's 5mm Jettone Studio B copy makes this so easy, albeit I was practicing the chart last evening before our concert on Thursday with my Getzen Power bore and the original Jettone Studio B mouthpiece (gifted to me by Maynard Ferguson) and that horn also popped out the DHC's with minimal effort.

The wild part about one of the phrases is the last three notes in the phrase is the half note G just above the staff followed by the eight note Bb then double high C whole note. That jump from the G to that Bb is the real challenge. The DHC then just falls into place.

Here is another "How is this possible?" siting more relevant to the trumpet. I was just handed a Michael Buble arrangement "Feeling Good". The chart has 3 (count them) 3 phrases were the ending note is the double high C. This has got to be the highest, chart written note I have experienced. No problem, popped them off like pieces of candy. The sax section at the end of the song announced it was an impressive sound. It was.

Seriously:

This is a marking used for string instruments, which can play notes all on the same bowstroke but separated. Piano music may notate this with the intention to imitate strings that is to join the notes but not completely. This is termed portato and is described as an effect midway between legato (smoothly joined) and staccato (completely separated).

Trade off and on with the chair sitting next to me?

Perhaps connect with Rowuk?

I wish you luck in your new directions. I too left 27 years of what I "use to do" only to do something totally new. A rebirth as it is. One of the best moves I ever made. I wish the same for you Ivan.

Thanks so much for this amazing history lesson! I had the great pleasure of playing behind Louie Bellson playing lead trumpet in a big band backing him up during a Rocky Mountain tour. I had the best seat in the house, standing on a riser standing just above the master drummer. An experience and memory that is one of the most special in my music career.

@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!

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.

My weekend contribution to trumpet pedagogy involves medical aspects of trumpet playing. I found this amazingly interesting article that provides some insight as to how to best position the body for trumpet performance, I found it fascinating that just simple aspects of playing the trumpet in the sitting vs standing position demands different roll of the placement of anatomical positions (head related to spin, arm position, leg positions, etc.. Some interesting concepts here. I would love to hear commentary as to how member agree or disagree with some of this concepts. Here is a pdf of the original article. Enjoy!

https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3683&context=thesesdissertations

Loved it. Other players with similar talent are Pete Rodriguez and Michael Rodriguez (actually not related).

@ssmith1226 said in Silent weekends:

I would agree that Dr. Mark was a prolific, knowledgeable, instructor, and valuable contributor.

I agree with all of these. He was also an angry man and was taking it out on several members and with painful aggression. I also noted we lost a lot of members during his attack phase.

I think the decision by our monitors to ban him from the site was appropriate and respect their decision. Hopefully, with GeorgeB's input, we can move forward on pedagogy, and I would hope Valgano Brother would take the lead as he is an expert in this field.