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Posts made by Vulgano Brother
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RE: We're off to a good start
When can we meet under the bridge in Spokane again, Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...
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RE: Who want's to teach me a jazzy lick in C Major(ish)?
Explore the blues scale.
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RE: Pic mouthpieces
Most piccolo mouthpieces have a bigger backbore than an A4a. Generally, except for monster players who play the same mouthpiece for all horns, we go smaller or shallower or both with the cup with a pretty open backbore.
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RE: A little humour
What would I do if I won a million dollars?
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RE: "Ugliest" exercise?
The "ugliest" exercise I know comes from John Glasel for reducing pressure. Play, say a g in the staff and reduce the pressure until it sounds bad. Using that pressure do whatever it takes to make it sound "better."
This builds the ring muscles quite nicely.
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RE: Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker
Don't forget Clifford Blackburn and Tony Scodwell.
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RE: RIP Trumpet "Master"
I lobbied for TM to send its Moderators to Hawaii for a week or two. No response then, nor now.
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RE: No real gains on anything more than 40-45 minutes of practice.
Many low impact repetitions help grow our endurance. Clarke Studies are our friend.
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RE: Valve combination 1 and 3
A Bb trumpet has longer valve slides than a C trumpet, because it is lower.
The 3 valves lower the pitch of the trumpet by one whole tone, one halftone, and a tone and a half respectively.
When we press down the first valve, we change from a trumpet in Bb to one in Ab. When we add the third valve it is too short. That is why we have that finger ring on most third valve slides, to help us compensate for low D and C#.
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RE: My journey starts here . . . .
Welcome to TB!
Making friends here shouldn't be a problem. Learning new stuff about trumpet? Uhh, you'll make some friends here.