[TPIN] Jaw Position

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In a message dated 8/1/2006 8:48:43 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, Roddy  
Tpt writes:

LETS SAY THAT  TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP THERE ARE 100 PATHS WHICH SUCCESSFULLY GO 
ALL THE WAY TO  THE TOP... 



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Without copying a whole bunch of his message, I just want to say:
Boy, Roddy's explanation is even more complicated than Jeanne's.  
Am I just an "old fart" who still believes that trumpet playing just  doesn't 
have to be this complicated?????
The people who I have studied with and have performed with over all these  
years, just don't have these complicated and lengthy ways of explaining how to  
play the instrument.  Now, I am not saying that people like Roddy and  Jeanne 
don't help many players.   I guess there is more than one way  to "skin a 
cat," as they say.
I guess, for me again, trumpet playing would not be nearly as much fun if I  
had to think about all the things that some teachers do, with regard to how  
to get a sound out of a piece of metal.
To each his (or her) own.
Mike Vax