@ROWUK said in reading the road map:
...One could also try to muscle through, I just have had better luck through optimization.
Do you find that circular breathing can get you through such phrasing without muscling, perhaps smoothing out the flow of the phrase so it does not sound overworked?
As for the concept of "gas in the tank" if you can use the technique of circular breathing, there is ALWAYS and endless supply of gas in the tank.
Isn't were to breathe a part of musical expression? If the breath marks are not inserted (and there are no inferred vocal lines in the chart) isn't it fair game to breathe as the artist performing would desire? We too are artists and can paint with or breaths and phrasing.
To me, a jazz musician, breathing and phrasing is how we express our voice. Now when it comes to a jazz, contemporary, pop, gospel piece, the words behind the notes should dictate the breathing and phrasing. But the artist still has their prerogative to rephrase the sentence toward a fresh presentation.
@Dale-Proctor said in Books about Trumpets:
...I was just responding to the bad joke Dr. Go was making a few posts ago.
Ha, ha... not a joke but it was 2/3 of a pun... PU.
@IrishTrumpeter said in Books about Trumpets:
...I will look out for in it in the spring !
Guess that would exclude trumpets with rotary valves.
@BigDub said in A little humour:
Sven, was caught in a hailstorm while driving his Saab home from work. It was pretty bad, and looked like the dents were going to be permanent. He took it to a repair shop and to his surprise, the repair man said, “you can fix those dents yourself, you know. Just blow really hard into the tailpipe and they’ll pop right out”
Ole happened to be passing by Sven's house the next day and saw Sven “fixing” his dents.
“WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, SVEN?”
Sven told him about the repair man’s kind advice.
“Oh, Sven, he was really playing a cruel trick on you. You have to close all the windows first!”
Sounds like a very Saab story to me.
@GeorgeB said in Books about Trumpets:
What may be a bit nicer than a book would be Wynton Marsalis' dvd on History Of The Trumpet. I rented it not too long ago and found it extremely interesting. I'm thinking about buying it.
I have his book Moving to Higher Ground. Very good. More about blues and jazz theory, not so much about the trumpet.
@Kehaulani said in Books about Trumpets:
Acoustically or about trumpet players?
Acoustically... I believe he is looking for non-fiction.
@neal085 said in Personality and Taste in Classical Music:
Yep, booted the flute. I typically find it difficult to enjoy that instrument.
Could not eliminate the flute. Goes back to high school when member of the flute section wore tight sweaters during the winter months... so am a bit biased by fondled mammarys.
@neal085 said in Some Encouraging Voting News:
,,,I feel like I could run on a platform of making the trumpet our official national instrument, making it illegal to play viola in public, and maybe build National Mouthpiece Safari Parks.
These items definitely get my vote!
@oldpete said in Personality and Taste in Classical Music:
I have developed the quadrangle so we can give up the triangle and still enjoy the 'ding'.
Is the extra thing a better ding? What's your angle? Would it be called a perpendingal?
I had Mohs surgery for a basal cell cancer in the fold of my nose near my left eye. Left a divot and a half centimeter hole in my face. They gave me an option to close the hole by making a triangular flap of tissue from under my left eye, and stretched it to attach to the bridge of my nose. Damndest thing happened. Felt like I had an itch under my eye and when I scratched it... missed the damned itch. But when I played in the mirror to find the itch, it was actually on my nose, but I felt like I was scratching my eye. This feeling went away and the nose itch became a nose itch after about 2 months. I hope for you the nerve changes comeback within this time as it did for me.
@GeorgeB said in What's Going On Here ?:
The thing is, when our practice sessions ran for 90 minutes without a break, my endurance and playing was just fine. This weirdness just started when we had to take a 20 minute break and leave the room so the air could be changed to get rid of the aerosol.
Thanks for your input and suggestions.
Which is why I believe edema (swelling) is more likely than fatigue.
@flugelgirl said in What's Going On Here ?:
One of the other things that may have changed during your time off from playing with a group is your endurance. Endurance when playing on our own is easier - when playing with a group we’re doing a whole lot of work adjusting the the intonation of others, and in this case others who may not have had the best personal practice habits during the time off.I find it’s more tiring to play with beginner or amateur groups than with pros because of the intonation problems.
I agree this is another option. Endurance would imply fatigue. Once again, fatigue is the result of the collection of lactic acid into the muscle. Again, in this case massage will help blood flow into the lip to help remove the lactic acid.
@GeorgeB said in What's Going On Here ?:
Well, looks like I have lots of options. But I'm really not so sure it's swollen lips, and even if they were swollen, shouldn't they recover during that 20 minute break ?
Not if you let the edema collect... hence applying ice or message.
Massaging the lip for 5 minutes or so periodically would also be an option.
Alternatively you could kiss the viola player.
I am thinking edema, as even the slightest bit of swelling can change the embouchure. Sucking on an ice cube immediately after starting the break may help.
