Posts made by Dr GO

@Dr-Mark said in Range Improvement:

Whew Dr-GO,
"Listening is the sensory reception of sound. HEARING is the integration of the sound you just listened to. Hearing is the goal, not listening."
I won't insult your intelligence by definition but is this what you mean??

Let me give you an example:
You see a bee. You listen for the buzz it makes to detect it when it flies behind your head. The sound you listen for registers that it is the sound of a bee (from prior experience). You the react now the defined sound by moving away from that sound. See, sound identifies and allows you to react to what you were listening to.

Another Example:
A pretty lady approaches to your ear an whispers sweat somethings in it that you listen for. You then hear those sounds as foreplay and you react to it by realizing your pants feel a bit tighter. Now Dr. Mark... Do you want to just listen to that whisper or do you want to hear it and then react to it? Of course the rest of the hotel will hear the Ohooo Ohooo Ohooo that follows, and they will then fantasize.

Do you hear what I'm saying Dr. Mark?

@Dr-GO said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, Washington State University Spokane, PO.

Just noticed where this research was done! Could Vulgano Brother have been one of the "subjects"? Mwaahaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@Niner said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@Niner said

But when you turn out the lights... It's Mwaaaa Whaaaa

@Dr-Mark said in Lead found in brass horn mouthpieces:

@Dr-GO said in Lead found in brass horn mouthpieces:

No but they can cause owies!

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That's why you keep suckers and small candies. A little something after the owies!

Nah. We use the candies and suckers to hype up the kids so we can diagnosis ADHD and put them on Ritalin. Requires monthly follow up because this is a controlled substance. That means lots of money for the practice! Candies and suckers are my money makers!

@ButchA said in DUH!! I finally figured it out, after all these years! (playing with minimal pressure):

I played a gig tonight (6:00 - 8:00) at a local pub here in town, as a prelude to the annual Oktoberfest... a simple adjustment to my embouchure!

I can see the frown!

@Dr-Mark said in Range Improvement:

@Dr-GO said in Range Improvement:

But the key is to go beyond listening and hear the horn.

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...So often when people play, they only hear the horn. I try and teach them to listen...

Minimal Structure Theory Dr. Mark.. Read it closely. Listening is easy. It is the first step. But unless you INTEGRATE the listening, it will not become a part of you. Listening is the sensory reception of sound. HEARING is the integration of the sound you just listened to. Hearing is the goal, not listening.

Do you HEAR the jazz musicians reply back to you: "I'm listening you, Man!" No. They say "I'm hearing you, Man!" That last comment is the prize. That's is the gratification that gives you goose bump. Hearing, goes beyond the listening.

@Dr-Mark said in TM Refugee - Late to the Party.:

Hi Dr-GO
I've learned riffs (stolen!) from people like Coltrane, Rollins, Phil Woods, Pete Chrisleib, Mike Brecker, to name a few. However, I can't recall ever chasing down a Kenny G lick.

What Dr. Mark... you mean you don't hold a "Kenny" G note out for 59 minutes?

My horns give me new revolutions every day. Their feedback is kind, regarded and then with hearing them they show me where to go, steering past perfection and beyond.

But the key is to go beyond listening and hear the horn. Hear the horn!

@Dr-Mark said in Lead found in brass horn mouthpieces:

@flugelgirl said in Lead found in brass horn mouthpieces:

I would worry more about the grandkids getting their vaccinations and eating their vegetables than from lead poisoning from your mouthpiece that has not yet affected you after years of playing.

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So true. And vaccinations do not cause autism.

No but they can cause owies!

@Dr-Mark said in Range Improvement:

@Dr-GO said in Range Improvement:

Careful Dr. Mark. Don't EVER achieve perfection. That, my good friend, will hold you back. Yes?

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...Haven't you had a time when you were practicing and play something so great you get goosebumps and you have to sit your horn down and say to yourself, "That's perfect!"

The Goosebumps happen every day. But I never reflect on perfect... as the next day I transform to yet a higher level. To stop at perfection, is to stop short. I can never be convinced otherwise.

@GeorgeB said in A Closer Walk With Thee:

@Dr-GO

...What kind of mute were you using. It sounded somewhat metallic.

It was on old 1960's vintage Harmon mute on my 1967 Olds Recording with a torn felt on the second valve (you can hear the clicks in the recording). Its fixed and refurbished now!

@Dr-Mark said in Problems with Air and Nose:

@Dr-GO said in Problems with Air and Nose:
...One guy went into plumbing and now has a prosperous plumbing business and lives in the most exclusive part of the county. Interestingly, the most hell I caught from administration while I was a professor was for sending kids away from the college and toward the technical school.

I always told my medical students that cardiologists and plumbers have a lot of similar knowledge as to how fluids flow through tubes... only difference... plumbers make more when applying the skills that apply.

@Dr-Mark said in Range Improvement:

@Dr-GO said;
"Practice make perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?"
I have my own;
"Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect."
Think about it. How many times have you come across someone who practices daily but uses poor technique.

As for why we practice? Sunk cost and sheer stubbornness.

Careful Dr. Mark. Don't EVER achieve perfection. That, my good friend, will hold you back. Yes?

MuseScore is another nice product that is free on line for music notations and can be found at: https://musescore.org/en

Please refer to post 11 under: Problems with Air and Nose https://www.trumpetboards.com/topic/398/problems-with-air-and-nose/17 to find my description, diagrams and video of me playing with the vertical smile. Make sure you focus on my cheeks to see the effect of the muscles I use.

@Kehaulani said in DUH!! I finally figured it out, after all these years! (playing with minimal pressure):

Wouldn't a "vertical smile" put a toothy crease right in the middle of your face?

No. Actually the stress is projected laterally (at the coroner of the smile) not over the middle, which would more like put a crease in the nose if that happened.

@Kehaulani said in DUH!! I finally figured it out, after all these years! (playing with minimal pressure):

Wait until you're on the fifth set in a three-horn section playing Earth, Wind and Fire tunes.

Been there. Done that. Wish I had the vertical smile in those days!

@Dr-Mark said in DUH!! I finally figured it out, after all these years! (playing with minimal pressure):

@ButchA
You have good reason to be excited! Keep up the great work. Always inhale like a yawn and exhale normally. We never force the wind. Also, I like that you didn't blast. Playing soft and relaxed is another way you are reducing mouthpiece pressure. Very smart!

Oh, but Dr. Mark, you can play loud and clean (NOT BLAST) with the vertical smile as well as control with amazing accuracy a high soft tone lead range with the "vertical smile". Give it a try. Let me know what you find.

ButchA; Very nice comments.

First let me say, I agree with your comment on the inefficiency of the "smile".

It makes good sense how your "frown" is more efficient. There is more muscle insertion on the lower mandible in the "frown" than the "smile (traditional buzz)"

Let me also recommend the concept of the "vertical smile". That works exceptionally well for my as just as your frown uses more muscle insertions, so does the "vertical smile" that uses the zygimatic arch (bones just below the eyes). I posted on another site me playing with a vertical smile where you can see my face expand under both eyes when I play. That embouchure not only allows me to play longer, but also higher, making the Double High C that was impossible for me to achieve only a decade ago, to a note that has a high degree of accuracy and volume for the last 5 years after I discovered the "vertical smile".

Here is an arrangement I wrote and performed to "Jesus is All the World to Me" recorded with the band I started in the early 2000's (Second Coming):

https://soundcloud.com/user-296675506/07-track-7