[TPIN] Tpt Exercises/simpler the better

[Michael Anderson]

Interesting. I also know Chris well. We were in college together. He was two
years ahead of me and a great mentor of mine. I learned a great deal playing
next to him for several years. He was always very strong with a great high
range of course. I got to hear him at NTC a couple years ago. It was great
to catch up with him.

It sounds like Cat's teaching had evolved between the time I had a
masterclass and when Chris had lessons with him. Thanks for the info.

MA


> From: "Daniel,John" <john.daniel at lawrence.edu>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:22:42 -0500
> To: Michael Anderson <manderson at okcu.edu>, Steve Evans <baissie at yahoo.com>,
> James Klages <james.klages at gmail.com>, <kanstulpicc-tpin at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Tpt Exercises/simpler the better
> 
> Michael,
> It begins by playing a 2nd line 'g' for 20 minutes, as
> soft as possible.  Once we are comfortable playing with a
> very small aperture the exercises exploit this ability.  A
> mutual friend of ours, Chris Jaudes, was playing the ice
> capades with Cat Anderson and took a couple of lessons.
>  Cat told Chris (who is as strong a player as you'll ever
> hear)to warm up on G on top of the staff, 20 minutes, as
> soft as possible.  It's very straight forward but it can
> work very well.  You really have to work on relaxation and
> efficiency, or you are toast after 6-7 minutes.  He even
> says in the book the idea is to take the easiest note on
> the trumpet and make it even easier.
> 
> Ghitalla also started an embouchure change with the teeth
> touching together in front if possible.  (Not the normal
> bite with the molars touching.) This was just to establish
> a forward jaw position but the jaw opened usually after a
> week or two. I know one of his former students who has a
> gap who never needed to open his teeth.  He played in the
> Chicago Civic and studied with Herseth for two years
> playing that way.
> 
> I always suspected that Cat played with his teeth closed.
>  It's nice to get confirmation.
> John
>