[TPIN] Monette - another opinion - posture

[Daniel,John]

Another thing about the "efficiency" of the Monette:
It might add a few years to the life of your embouchure 
but what is it worth if the weight of the horn throws your 
back out? I couldn't make this stuff up.
John

  Vaxtrpts at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 12/2/2007 12:47:34 A.M. Pacific 
>Standard Time,  
> trumpetplayer at optusnet.com.au writes:
> 
> Actually, I would say there is method in the madness.
> 
> A few  things to ponder: 
> 
> 1. Posture and breathing. Who in the list has their 
> breathing so under
> control that they don't have to give some attention to 
> their posture?
> 
> 
> 
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> You are right, for sure.  We must think of a good 
>posture when  playing.  I 
> am constantly on students that I see in my clinics who 
>are  slouching while 
> trying to play an instrument.  One of the main things 
>that  I tell them is that 
> when I am sitting and playing trumpet, my back is NOT 
> touching the back of the 
> chair.  My back is nice and straight (but not  tense) 
>and I sit forward in 
> the chair.
> When standing, I try to also keep my back straight and 
>my legs flexed, but  
> not tense. (This is really important for me, since I 
>have Arthritis in my upper 
> spine, which can cause lots of pain.)
> Now back to the Monette thing.  If I have been able to 
>play in the  upper 
> register with pretty fair success for the past 40 plus 
>years, then why  should I 
> have to learn to stand or sit differently, just to spend 
>way too much  money 
> on a trumpet that is too heavy for me, in order to play 
>in the same  register 
> that I have already had success in??  Makes no sense to 
>me.
> Mike Vax
> 
> 
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