[TPIN] "Now why don't he write?"

[Brett Johnson]

I recently heard a story from a friend who attended one of Maynard's clinics in the '70s. Apparently, in order to show that pressure is not needed, he held his trumpet upright and lightly "set" the mouthpiece in the receiver. He then continued to play C octaves up to Double C and down, pull off the horn, turn it upside down, and catch the mouthpiece as it freely fell out of the receiver.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but that is an unparalleled display of embouchure strength and air speed (as I doubt very many people could do this).

It was just a demonstration, as we all know how much pressure he used to hit those notes in a performance.

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Dave Edwards<mailto:quietcovemusic at hotmail.com> 
  To: mdeaton at ix.netcom.com<mailto:mdeaton at ix.netcom.com> ; TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu<mailto:TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu> 
  Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:56 PM
  Subject: RE: [TPIN] "Now why don't he write?"


  A looong time ago when I went to a lesson in college, my trumpet instructor
  mentioned that Maynard did not use pressure - a which point, I asked him 
  what
  he had been smoking recently.

  But my professor, in his proper professorial stentorian tones, respectfully 
  disagreed.

  Next lesson, I walked in without saying a word and showed him the back of
  the M. F. Horn 3 album cover, where Maynard practically has his mouthpiece
  pushed all the way to the back of his neck.

  He just ROARED with laughter!!

  -Dave

  Dave Edwards
  Music Web Site - http://www.quietcovemusic.com/<http://www.quietcovemusic.com/>


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