Posts made by Kehaulani

Pentatonics +Jazz = Woodie Shaw

FWIW, I don't think Jamie founded the Aebersold Jazz clinics, rather he took over and renamed the forerunner Stan Kenton Band Clinics which, in turn, had been the National Stage Band Camp.

Raymond Scott is the absolute bomb!

Not only was he a great composer, but an excellent music director. And he worked with a string of legendary players. Well worth looking into.

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Dr. Mark - In all humility, I am a very good sight-reader and don't personally need to work on that in isolation. YMMV.

I am going to answer this in two parts. I have had several strokes and am continuing to recover from that. Hence, the first routine is now and the next my routine pre-strokes.

Now:
Long Tones
The Balanced Embouchure.
A series of Schlossberg exercises passed on from L.A. Studio guys.
(Can provide specifics if requested.)
Horen, Lesen, Spielen - German book of easy exercises and melodies.

Then:
The Balanced Embouchure.
An Integral Warmup - Laurie Frink.
Maggio basic exercises.
Flow Studies - Cichowicz.
Concert/jam session literature as needed.

@Dr-GO said in Structure of the Trumpet by Yamaha:

My response to the first comment I do not feel the method of lip vibration is insignificant when it comes to is an efficiency component that does differ among various methods used in vibrating the lips.

Can someone put this in other words, please? I have no idea what it means. Thanks.

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FWIW I think adherence to The 10,000 Hour Rule is ridiculous. How does one quantify something like craft development?

But to represent a goal to move towards, it is a strong motivator. It's not the strict adherence to the Rule that's important, it's what lies behind that principle; that it takes an enormous amount of hard, concentrated work.

Suzanne Vega. Solitude Standing, Luka

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@tjveloce said in The new Martin Committee "thread" from a TM emigrant:

What did Osmun do to your horn? Did they shorten the 3rd valve slide? I read a bit about how they believe that it’s too long which causes intonation issues.

Jim Becker gave it a cleaning, worked on a valve job, and smoothed out a few minor dents. I think he also realigned the bell.

He did not cut down the third valve slide on this or the previous Committee. I've never, personally, read about shortening the third slide for intonational problems. An advantage of the Committee is that one doesn't have to mess with the third slide. If you shorten it, then you would have to use it conventionally.

Slotting on a Committee is intentionally looser than most other horns. I wouldn't mess with the third slide, personally.

Good for him. And sounds good, too.

Just for a word of clarification. He did not play with The Headquarters Air Force Band. He played with an Air Force band.

@Dr-GO said in You Know More Scales Than You Think!:

Then there are the pentacostal scales.... or is that pentationic... doesn't matter, as I can play them in any tongue!

That's the Paleontological Scale. It's played on the jawbone of as ass.

@mrhappy said in Trumpet Elbow!:

Holy cow!! If I raise ALL of my complaints the level would go to Defcon 5!!! Haha!

You should talk. Ever see the Robin Williams' skit where he refers to Mr. Happy?

@Bob-Pixley said in What Is Your Favorite Version of the National Anthem?:

Except for the "President's Own" Marine band of course. They are a professional band and receive a bare minimum of military training in conduct, military etiquette, uniform regulations, etc.

Yep. They don't even go through basic training. I'm told that's one reason their official name is The U.S. Marine Band and not the Marine Corps Band.

@FranklinD said in You Know More Scales Than You Think!:

And you call ME 'ornery'?

Please let us know the results. It might be interesting. Thanks.

No offense here . . . I was in the A.F., LOL.

I also guess this post is a big aside, but . . .

The Army had some excellent bands, usually at higher headquarters. When I was in D.C. there were three bands at Ft. Meade which illustrate this. There was The U.S. Armed Forces Bicentennial Band and Chorus, top of the ladder, and also The U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus, both officially designated D.C. Premier Service Bands. Then there was a division band, also. Three bands.

The Bi-Band and the Field Band were cream-of-the-crop premier bands. The division band was light years away from the other two bands. The Army's band program was so big that it consolidated the best players in some bands but diluted them in others, while the A.F. and Navy had smaller programs and therefore could concentrate a greater percentage of good players in their bands. The Marines, Marine Riflemen first and foremost, were a different animal, altogether.

Well, Army bandsmen and Marines are riflemen first and it may show. The AF and Navy have different programs. Also, the Army program is spread more thinly and they have different sized bands. You might have heard a Division band or even a National Guard or Reserve band.

@Dr-Mark said in You Know More Scales Than You Think!:

@Kehaulani said in You Know More Scales Than You Think!:

. . someone will be posting about the Lydian Chromatic scale. For those who wish to know about the Lydian Chromatic Scale, Dave Baker's book 1 The Lydian Chromatic Concept Techniques of Improvisation from Alfred Publishing 1983, is a good read.

Hi Kehaulani,
I edited that part out of my post. I figured if I didn't explain my initial post very well, adding the Lydian Chromatic would just mess things up totally.

The Lydian Chromatic Concept is a rough haul, especially when you take it one more step and deal with other applications he doesn't necessarily spell out but which are implied.

I knew what you meant initially. Franklin's just ornery.

. . . someone will be posting about the Lydian Chromatic scale. For those who wish to know about the Lydian Chromatic Scale, Dave Baker's book 1 The Lydian Chromatic Concept Techniques of Improvisation from Alfred Publishing 1983, is a good read.

I still have mine. Copyright 1959.

You might be clearer though, if from the beginning, you just use the word scale in this explanation for only Major Scales and the word Mode for all the others.

The Shaggs, My Foot Foot.