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Content Migrated
Well, this has been an adventure. I have finally been able to migrate all the content over from my old site to this new one. Currently there are some duplicate pages and a bunch of things that aren’t working correctly for a variety of reasons. Please bear with me as I go through and get… Continue reading
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Reboot Incoming
Well it seems I broke my blog pretty bad. Or at least bad enough that the tech support at my old hosting company offered to help if I paid them to fix whatever it is I broke. I’ve been unable to access the back end of my old blog in order to export the posts… Continue reading
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Brass Embouchure Shop Talk Hang Poll
Back a couple of years ago, when the pandemic lockdown was happening, I put together a couple of Zoom lectures to discuss brass embouchure pedagogy. I’ve been considering doing this again, so here’s an online poll to assess both the level of interest in participating and when a good day/time would be. This would be… Continue reading
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Guess the Embouchure Type – Christopher Martin
I’m going to play “guess the embouchure type” again, this time looking at a couple of videos of Christopher Martin’s trumpet playing. Martin is the principle trumpet with the New York Philharmonic and formerly played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, so you know his playing is impeccable. Take a look at his chops in these… Continue reading
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A Five Step Model For Refining Technique
Ask a bunch of brass teachers how to make changes in instrumental technique and you’ll get a lot of contrasting advice, but if there is a consensus of sorts it seems to favor developing a good sound concept and allowing the body to figure itself out. I’ve written many times about why I feel this… Continue reading
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Guess the Embouchure Type – Oren Marshal
I thought I had posted this video before, but when looking for it here I couldn’t find it. Here’s a video of tubist Oren Marshal, of the London Brass, in a rehearsal. Look at his chops closely and see if you can guess his embouchure type. My guess after the break. Continue reading
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The Science of Swing
NPR posted a report on their web site yesterday called “What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery.” It’s an interesting look at swing groove and how physicists who happen to be amateur musicians approached answering the question, what is swing? Still, a precise definition of swing has long eluded musicians… Continue reading
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A-I Can Blog, But Can It JAM? Exploring AI Blogging Music
So I’ve been getting a lot of my blog posts linked from ScionAv.com lately, but there’s definitely something off about those blog posts. For one thing, they are linking to my brass embouchure posts, but they are about woodwind playing. Then there’s the writing. A clarinet, which was invented in the 16th century, can be… Continue reading
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Physics and Music
Like many musicians, I have an interest in the physics of sound, but not a formal background in the science. I recently came across this great YouTube video of Dr. Robert Astalos and Dr. Tracy Doyle giving a talk on physics and music at Adams State University (I taught there back in the early 2000s,… Continue reading
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Hi Dave, you are completly right, the Stevens Methode is for low placement players, Roy Stevens forced his students to…
This is, indeed, great. I’ve run into Brad many times and we’ve talked chops. A phenomenal musician!
Definitely an upstream low placement embouchure, classic Reinhardt Type IV.
Hi, Berl. Sorry to hear about your dental issues. Dave how do we take a picture of us playing and…
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Agreed. Such a classic example I wouldn’t hesitate to classify him. Nice playing!