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If the valves stick, wash them, remove all of the previous oil, and reoil with a different oil.

There's not that much difference, practically speaking, in oils as some may want you to believe.

I have, for half a century, just put oil in my leadpipe and blown it through. Had many horns, never had sticky valves.

Matter of fact, for a couple of years, I used a mix of white kerosene and 3andOne oil.

No need to micro-analyse this. Just get an oil that works for you and fuhgeddaboudit.

{'m not doing squat. But I'll share this blast from the past.

On July 4th during the 200th Anniversary of our country's founding, I was at Ft. McHenry in Baltimore harbor, home of the Star Bangled Banner. I watched a firework reenactment of the bombardment of the fort from a sailing ship that was in the harbour. On the ship, playing the National Anthem was the Tonight Show Orchestra and Doc Severinsen. It doesn't get much more overwhelming than that.

Well, my first reaction is, if you are a guitar teacher why are you posting on a trumpet site?

To your question: stress can cause headaches. Guitar hell can cause stress. But if it persists, I would have a talk with my doctor since it could be something else.

Beautiful women, good hearty food, good cross-section of arts. What more could a guy ask for? Czech it out.

(No, I don't live there. Just worked and visited.)

I have had three Committtees, all good horns. Better than other horns I've also had? No. And I kept exchanging them for different horns.

I suppose there are two factors. 1) how do you want to use it? 2) do you have "mad money"?

Barliman, you don't know who Alison Balsom is?
https://www.alisonbalsom.com/

BTW, she did play in a Munich brass band.

I'm sure she might help if she can, but I would be patient. With her recording and touring schedule, I would think an inquiry might take some time to get an answer. Good luck.

The thing to remember that is paramount, is that Jazz/Blues is an aural art. You need to hear and internalize it, not read it.

Yes, reading books can be helpful. But until you get the feel in your ears, everything is just peripheral.

Listen to some Blues and Jazz music and sing along with it until a listener cannot tell that there are two performers. You have to, without an instrument, internalise the feel. When you do this, as a by-product, you pick up idiomatic articulations, phrasing and all the other elements of music. Then -

Learn the six-note Blues Scale and start playing simple blues with these notes. You'll discover that a basic Blues has only three chords and the Blues scale fits over it very easily. The Jamey Aebersold Play-Along, Nothin' But Blues, (Vol. 2) is one good starting point.

After you/ve doing all that, begin playing along with recordings. You can also start transcribing useful licks to practice. Miles' solo on So What from Kind of Blue is a good starting point for transcribing. While it's not a Delta Blues, it's simple enough to use to learn transcribing techniques.

I can feel the crisp chill in the air. Great work.

@administrator said in Proper Embouchure?:

I learned a simple method. Say "m" like your about to say "mickey mouse". Now keep your lips in that position. They should be a bit moist. Now put the mouthpiece to your lips without adjusting anything. Blow.

This. Don't micro-analyse.

If the valves stick, wash them, remove all of the previous oil, and reoil with a different oil.

There's not that much difference, practically speaking, in oils as some may want you to believe.

I have, for half a century, just put oil in my leadpipe and blown it through. Had many horns, never had sticky valves.

Matter of fact, for a couple of years, I used a mix of white kerosene and 3andOne oil.

No need to micro-analyse this. Just get an oil that works for you and fuhgeddaboudit.

Danke, Barliman. Love to but logistics and, particularly finances, preclude that. Love to see my old stomping grounds again, though (Otterberg. Pfalz).

Played there several times. Nobody ever accuse me of ending the gig in complete sobriety.
(Although I still took care of business.)

"Bitte ein Bit"

Here:
Dale Proctor:
"Typically when a trumpet is new, it’s best to oil the valves frequently because of the tighter fit in the bore, and wiping them down before re-oiling is a good idea, too. After they wear in a bit, I don’t think they will need oiling quite as much, but oiling a little too much is better than not enough."

I periodically pour oil down my lead pipe and blow it through the horn. Then fuggetaboutit.

Been doing it this was for half a century.

Thank you. That just took 3:30 off the end of my life.

I have had three Committtees, all good horns. Better than other horns I've also had? No. And I kept exchanging them for different horns.

I suppose there are two factors. 1) how do you want to use it? 2) do you have "mad money"?

Anthony, if Committees were that much better than many other horns, why do you think most professionals do not play Committees?

". . . put together from odds and ends of failed oompah bands, with an average age of between 60 and 90, and fell apart . . . ".
Funny. I think I know that band.