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

[Denny Schreffler]

> Some very wise teacher once said - 'It's not rocket science'...
>
> Andrew Del Riccio
> 02 9797 9052
> 0411 43 73 23
>


That's right -- playing the trumpet well is much more difficult than the
easily quantifiable science of rocketry.

Denny Schreffler

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt"
  To: "Andy Del" , "'Glenn Bengry'" , tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
  Subject: RE: [TPIN] AIR on the horn Let's blow this wide open
  Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:22:30 -0500


  Frank Kaderabek used to say:

  'It's simple..."Happy Birthday to You..." just BLOW!!!'

  ;-)



  On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:36:03 +1000, Andy Del wrote
  > 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
  > 02 9797 9052
  > 0411 43 73 23
  >
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