[TPIN] AIR on the horn Let's blow this wide open

[Andy Del]

Thanks Glenn! You are so right. We need to air get the lips vibrating so
they make the pitch and colour we want. I suspect that if we could do this
by squinting with the left eye and pointing our right toe towards Dapto
(that's near Wollongong, BTW) we all would and breathing be d at mned!

My take is that, unfortunately, the trumpet needs a certain amount of air
flow / energy to generate the notes it needs to play. TO get to this point
one needs to take in a lot of air (potential energy) and get it moving
(actual or ?kinetic? energy). If this balances up with a lip position, you
may get some noise coming out. The better the balance, the fewer cabbages
and tomatoes get thrown in your direction! How you do it is a personal
challenge, not a matter of doctrine.

Some very wise teacher once said - 'It's not rocket science'...

Andrew Del Riccio
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0411 43 73 23


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From: tpin-bounces+trumpetplayer=optusnet.com.au at tpin.okcu.edu
[mailto:tpin-bounces+trumpetplayer=optusnet.com.au at tpin.okcu.edu] On Behalf
Of Glenn Bengry
Sent: Friday, 19 October 2007 5:59 AM
To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: [TPIN] AIR on the horn Let's blow this wide open



TWO SCHOOLS OF BLOWING(at least from visual observation)   
 
 
I'm sure this will elicit plenty of discussion since no one will agree about
exactly what either of these guys are doing, and because we have two
legendary players and two extreme high note players. 
 
 
#1.  MAYNARD     Maynard takes in an astounding amount of air and proceeds
to rear back   
                        and thrust his belly against his belt(certainly
looks that way) and literally try to blow the roof off the place.  He
Practically blows a hole in his neck.  Wonder if he ever had a hernia of any
type in his neck or abdominal area.  We all know that he attained
spectacular results on a trumpet.  Whatever the basis of and fine points of
his breathing and his expellation techniques, he was able to produce some
incredible sounds on a trumpet.  It doesn't resemble wedge breathing to me
at all.
 
 
#2. FADDIS   Faddis doesn't make much movement when he breathes in OR expels
air out.  
                   He stands there, takes a breath that you and I would
barely notice, puts the
                   horn up to his face, proceeds to take a nap, while
playing some etremely high, loud, clean, in tune, sizzling note with extreme
control and finesse.
 
 
 
These two players  breathe and blow VERY differently.  they both have played
incredibly well in all manner of circumstances and with all kinds of
trumpet playing.  
 
No one can tell me that one of these methods is WRONG or that one is BETTER
than the other.
 
 
 
glenn, breathe deep, blow far, bengry