WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | a4audinut | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/a4audinut/activity/ Activity feed for a4audinut. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:55:50 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 83d826d080439b7fc8f1242101796771 a4audinut replied to the topic Mouthpiece size and mmmahhhwhoo! in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/mouthpiece-size-and-mmmahhhwhoo/#post-21075 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:12:38 +1100 My experience is the opposite. I play a wedge 64 (640) extra shallow and I’m considering going to the 620. My lower register has suffered in no way and the upper is so much easier, I also have more endurance. I think this is due to becoming aware of shape and focus with the program. I work on a lot of different things but this has allowed me to p…[Read more]

]]> ebbe13aa0c35ce0bc6257d193b6398c8 a4audinut replied to the topic Tonguing without blocking the throat in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/tonguing-without-blocking-the-throat/#post-21074 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:01:59 +1100 I found that doing the tongue in a very legato fashion helped achieve the results shown. Even when I stop the breath with the tongue I don’t feel the throat unless I’m cranking volume. I don’t think I really to seal air with my tongue on stacatto either, it feels as if the tongue only strikes.
Rod

]]> 70ccfb5e2217f853f1ae15f041e8e015 a4audinut replied to the topic BE. And windworks in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/be-and-windworks/#post-21004 Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:33:08 +1100 I’ll try but please understand that with any system I only take from it what works for me. Yes I know some people who are pursuing for upper register and sometimes “wig” the lip clamp for upper register.

This was not my goal, I can play a hi f with some strain and this will do until I correct it since I don’t see Woody Herman charts anymore…[Read more]

]]> 167214e2b5430f3ff42243d134a6986d a4audinut replied to the topic BE. And windworks in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/be-and-windworks/#post-20924 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 01:13:53 +1100 Greg
I have only been working with this for awhile but firmly believe (maybe incorrectly) that the lips must form the aperture for the note prior to applying air for things to work. Im looking at BE from that perspective alone, and that is where I see similarities in the 2 systems (again perhaps incorrectly).
Please correct me if im not on base…[Read more]

]]> 9c5e038766b497917a94661d098ae523 a4audinut started the topic BE. And windworks in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/be-and-windworks/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:04:53 +1100 Greg
I am working with an embouchure system called BE, when applied correctly it make it much easier to ascend without increasing the blow effort and has extended my range considerably. It seems to work hand in hand with you methods, your thoughts

]]> d279f82c8b667134eb999859d63db202 a4audinut replied to the topic WindWorks Secret and my GOLF swing challenge in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/windworks-secret-and-my-golf-swing-challenge/#post-20723 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:59:45 +1100 I had a knee replacement 19 years ago due to an athletic career that ended a few years too late. On Thanksgiving I got an infection in it and had to have an antibiotic spacer installed until infection cleared. I still haven’t had the final replacement yet but knowing yours isn’t as bad as it could be may make you feel a bit better. I had to qui…[Read more]

]]> b33d90b207aa775dc5cefe030973e022 a4audinut started the topic more shape questions in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/more-shape-questions/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:07:54 +1100 Im sure the answer is just a few lessons from where I am now (have been most of the time) but I move slowly and want to ask how to accelerate learning the shape for the different notes (from G to hi E right now needs help). For me it seems when I find the right shape (lips,tongue, jaw, etc. whatever you put into your definition of shape) the need…[Read more]

]]> 5b1f9711f124b4733280f5f0c8ff4449 a4audinut replied to the topic Who is the ultimate effortless trumpet player? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/who-is-the-ultimate-effortless-trumpet-player/#post-12515 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 04:53:24 +1100 bud Brisbois ala the jetzens

]]> a032cdeb16d1aaa614fbdce573c9af46 a4audinut replied to the topic WindWorks Secret and my GOLF swing challenge in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/windworks-secret-and-my-golf-swing-challenge/#post-12356 Sun, 25 Nov 2018 03:49:29 +1100 Greg
glad to hear you say you are just in it to improve.I’m the pool players (pocket billiards) equivalent to a scratch or better golfer. I run tables for money and can still run 2-3 racks of rotation after being away over 10 years, but golf is like playing trumpet or pool and is a demanding master to be consistent at. Your attitude with golf is…[Read more]

]]> 885f8ae61b1465be19458cb240b354f5 a4audinut replied to the topic Large bore horns and push - any change for you? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/large-bore-horns-and-push-any-change-for-you/#post-10974 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 16:44:04 +1100 Never mind, I cant say that this was much more than a different feeling, and it really didn’t last. It now seems I tire quicker on this huge pipe. Going back to the most comfortable, and that may change over time but ill bet it wont be a huge change like this was. It felt good for a short while??
Rod

]]> a4c674166c900505419a7d44a2ab6511 a4audinut started the topic Large bore horns and push - any change for you? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/large-bore-horns-and-push-any-change-for-you/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:38:26 +1100 Ive got a horn that is my everyday that has a changeable leadpipe system meaning I can change leadpipe bore while leaving all other dimensions of the horn the same. There are 7 pipes going in order smallest to largest as follows – 4T 2T 0 CEL 20 40 and 60. The 0 and CEL surround the Bach 37 pipe, others with smaller or larger gradient. I had…[Read more]

]]> 93fad2bfd2d5c31d3bf527104bec791e a4audinut started the topic Re-driving the same road again -till I get there in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/re-driving-the-same-road-again-till-i-get-there/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:33:44 +1100 I just had an eye opening experience and one I would recommend to everyone at some point (about the time you think you are getting all this!).

I did a Skype with Greg late last week and I have seen some real benefit thus far. I was thinking that I was playing absolutely freely with no push until I did my harmonic slurs from staff e to g above…[Read more]

]]> d0c7c4dbadc94d514f9561c25ec68652 a4audinut started the topic Internal pressure ??'s in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/internal-pressure-s/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:52:33 +1100 Greg,
By this time I am fully invested in shape and the point of difference in push. I think its firmly in my mind that your face has a shape that corresponds with each note. As I’m going away from the process on this to the results in regular stuff (now yours is regular stuff too) I am noting that there seems to be a particular amount of air…[Read more]

]]> 0e654028cf5ea468e4e5ec3725c6173a a4audinut replied to the topic Allegro in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/allegro/#post-9313 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:16:49 +1100 If you need please send to my e-mail address. A4audinut@gmail.com..
I have some specific questions which might confuse others as much as me and a screen to screen might clear up some things. Ive been playing long enough to know this is working. I worked something similar (point of strain/difference) with Jim Manley but as you probably know his…[Read more]

]]> 4a08d19d157ba8c68181ee6de77bb79b a4audinut replied to the topic Allegro in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/allegro/#post-9304 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:24:29 +1100 Seems to me when I do process I never achieve the speed I do when I go for results, and I think this is ok. I try to make everything as hard as I can on myself when I practice process and was a good bit surprised when I found that my limit without strain was e in the staff. It helps me to do these exercises at even less than passive breath which…[Read more]

]]> 90b29293c965fbca4688020306a471ed a4audinut started the topic Shape development question for Greg in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/shape-development-question-for-greg/ Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:07:28 +1000 Greg
I may be taking this further than I should but I have been doing harmonic slurs going from low to as high as I can using as little air as possible and trying to refine shape. Also trying to use no push. When I first started doing this I could only do e at top of staff before I started kicking and using more air. I have worked this for about 3…[Read more]

]]> 900cc4389a29b042035ae6a0bbd3b7f7 a4audinut replied to the topic Solution for over tonguing in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/solution-for-over-tonguing/#post-8941 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 02:19:35 +1000 By changing (dampening) the rate of vibration. Sometimes when I get sloppy or tired I will get the tongue thru the teeth on occasion and I can hear the slightest flattening of the tone. My goal is to have the notes sound like a bell rung with a mallet, same tone with only slight interruption. Kind of like when Greg does the tube and balloon thing…[Read more]

]]> 01d5c472ec1e9a89b7c079b90cbf16bc a4audinut replied to the topic Solution for over tonguing in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/solution-for-over-tonguing/#post-8936 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:46:34 +1000 I have just the opposite problem and I work hard to tongue more distinctly and clearly concentrating on pitch. It might help you to practice legato without breaking the tone and keeping the breath even for awhile. I don’t know if anyone else uses this approach, but when I discover a tendency I don’t care for, I sometimes try something exactly…[Read more]

]]> 718f5aa02f5f70347ef1f75c82b0deda a4audinut replied to the topic Shape question. in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/shape-question/#post-8552 Sun, 16 Sep 2018 01:18:21 +1000 Greg,
Thanks for elaborating on this. When I asked the questions I hadn’t yet started the Andante section, I now have and my questions were quickly answered and your note explained things to a greater degree. Ive been really working each section thru hard and spend at least 1 hr a day on your stuff. Doing it this way and in a kind of meditative m…[Read more]

]]> 69df12aac414f835a38299a0b1c22fb3 a4audinut started the topic Shape question. in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/shape-question/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:02:41 +1000 Greg
I know that the aperture assumes a shape for each note depending on the air we use. I think that I am starting to discover that the shape inside the mouth also can be altered. By relaxing the jaw and allowing a “larger space inside the lips” the lower register is fuller “more resonant”, by the same (or similar) token when I tighten the che…[Read more]

]]> 9724aa2f975bc9a6eff713d11f73f212 a4audinut replied to the topic Concerns in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/concerns/#post-7745 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:59:54 +1000 Sorry I didn’t see the post. I didn’t mention one thing that helped me not to think about the process but probably helped more than just the mental side. Its just an exercise that got me away from being mechanical, but tends to make things (hopefully the right things) progress more rapidly on embouchure stuff.
I read it a few years ago and a…[Read more]

]]> 43502fba86a66af2ca956d1aa5fc8257 a4audinut replied to the topic Concerns in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/concerns/#post-7588 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 22:21:14 +1000 Don’t know if the feeling is same for you but when I feel like im playing with the soft inner part of my lips is when I really notice the sound takes on character. Cant say Ive gained range but it feels easier to play and sounds better. I don’t so much think about corners (about 1000 different opinions about those) but try to concentrate on just…[Read more]

]]> d528764b1df75acbc714c8551662e1d7 a4audinut replied to the topic How much lips in the mouthpiece? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/how-much-lips-in-the-mouthpiece/#post-7587 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 22:02:29 +1000 I may be wrong and hope to be corrected if I am, but I don’t think too much playing on the leadpipe alone is intended. Some exercises yes, warmup yes but not to be exclusive. How can you know if what you think you are accomplishing translates thru the horn. It takes a pretty good ear to get little things thru the pipe. If you are just playing the…[Read more]

]]> a3fab5a7aff4ca4fb938ca3d0bf9a826 a4audinut replied to the topic How much lips in the mouthpiece? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/how-much-lips-in-the-mouthpiece/#post-7570 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 01:09:39 +1000 I found that using the oooh kind of pooched my lips a little (my own unique description Im sure. When I just place the MP onto the lip as it was formed on oooh and not changing anything before release then more of the soft part (pinker – area that usually doesn’t show when lips pressed together) of my lip was inside the cup (not touching the cup…[Read more]

]]> a6d7ab1cb4f16358e6b8e2ff82896daf a4audinut changed their profile picture https://mysterytomastery.com/activity/p/830/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:47:27 +1000 0 b02173a8ca10ed4c4de73df79960490f a4audinut replied to the topic I lost a lot a endurance in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/i-lost-a-lot-a-endurance/#post-7331 Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:55:52 +1000 Sorry about the autocorrects I didn’t catch above

]]> 4ef1bb930b8c6b5e60177b28420e7246 a4audinut replied to the topic I lost a lot a endurance in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/i-lost-a-lot-a-endurance/#post-7330 Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:53:30 +1000 Good for you doing this early in your career. I truly wish I had learned this way or at least found the info before I had so many ugly habits👹

You sound like you are fairly new to his stuff. It is a different approach but one that I find lads you to discovery’s that hav to be mad before progress can b made. I’ve been using his stuff for about 8 m…[Read more]

]]> 87a71b2643826ca65aa2bd3df37348a2 a4audinut changed their profile picture https://mysterytomastery.com/activity/p/794/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 03:00:45 +1000 0 847aadbfa383cf82f7911bb8c79322a9 a4audinut replied to the topic face pain in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/face-pain/#post-7302 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 01:59:20 +1000 Ive found that anyone who plays with the idea that a lot of air creates these notes generally takes on the grimace and red face, bulging eye syndrome you speak of almost invariably. I had an AA and I definitely avoid that approach or anyone who talks about air speed and volume as being a cure all for range. Even if it works, it may cause another…[Read more]

]]> 93aee45e35f493556181fb3fbd9e2fa8 a4audinut started the topic Aaaaahoooo is now working!!! in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/aaaaahoooo-is-now-working/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 01:47:27 +1000 I was doing the aaahooo per instruction but when the MP hit the lips I was not keeping the lips in the same shape. By keeping the lips slightly pursed as the oooo suggests when the MP is placed then using an attack I finally formed the apperture I need to be playing with. It almost feels as if I am making a circle with the lip for the rim to rest…[Read more]

]]> f8c40c5f8e4316a0fcc01e5a1fefc463 a4audinut replied to the topic The corners.. in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-corners/#post-7293 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:46:48 +1000 Another thing I took away from Zen/Archery, and learning to play pool at a hi level, and martial arts study was to simply immerse yourself in the process without looking to a result. The quality of the result will be a product of your immersion of the process or practice while being aware of what is happening. As an example, when trying to shoot a…[Read more]

]]> 5dc68ed3c497a9527052a8fb55182fd6 a4audinut replied to the topic Give me a hint in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/give-me-a-hint/#post-6446 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:57:20 +1000 I have to apologize, I have been asking questions that are answered in 1 or 2 of the next lessons.
Sorry to waste your time.
Rod

]]> 9f3ffc3931a0fa0395a753d9cda485e2 a4audinut started the topic Give me a hint in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/give-me-a-hint/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:59:10 +1000 Im more than willing to wait but im just working the leadpipe/sound column in the second stage – scale and arpeggio but was having some issues going to the full octave or above with either scale or arp.. I was trying to use absolutely passive breath and only MOUTH manipulation – which was what I thought you meant by shape. When I started to flick…[Read more]

]]> e240bf537c91025354687b2908d7d93a a4audinut replied to the topic Moderator Ab Singing C in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/moderator-ab-singing-c/#post-6390 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:21:12 +1000 Have you gotten to the part about active/passive breath? I am getting the most out of the exercises so far by not getting into the active breath even if it gets very soft or I lose the note, I’m using that to show me I dont have the right shape yet. Ive also found that practicing the exercises in whisper tone is helping me refine shape. Even w…[Read more]

]]> fbf4b01ce82de539e3710856e879c42d a4audinut replied to the topic Question on exercises Ive been doing awhile in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/question-on-exercises-ive-been-doing-awhile/#post-6277 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 15:18:27 +1000 Manley likes bending as well Greg as I’m sure you know, seems good players and teachers know it helps something. Ill just follow the script.

As long as the tongue video and instruction doesn’t go into anchor tongue Ill follow along. I marched that path for a year and all it did was add tension and put another piece of BS at the front of my min…[Read more]

]]> 1caf140b05b90706e3d4506792db1784 a4audinut replied to the topic Question on exercises Ive been doing awhile in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/question-on-exercises-ive-been-doing-awhile/#post-6246 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:22:56 +1000 Thanks, good to know, it felt like what Ive been trying to internalize. I just finished the 3rd stepm on singing c and it is helping understand where support comes in and why its somewhat necessary.

The exercise has kind of stumped me since I was trying to keep my breath the same and was unable to sound much above 1st G above staff. Realizing the…[Read more]

]]> 0728e6c74cde326bd1a7eb578904ab12 a4audinut started the topic Question on exercises Ive been doing awhile in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/question-on-exercises-ive-been-doing-awhile/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:46:46 +1000 Greg,
Ive been doing the following exercise:

For about a year. Now I’m only on the Largo stage of the program so far and I’m assuming that you will share much more about shape in future lessons. But I am thinking that maybe the exercise above is after the same shaping you speak of. I play very relaxed but…[Read more]

]]> 00e945b356071f032e58c4c81e772007 a4audinut started the topic Feeling in lips in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/feeling-in-lips/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 01:52:04 +1000 I am really starting to tune into using shape and lips to ascend and harmonic slur vs a kick and the sound is much more natural with much better initial intonation. I have noticed 2 things when I try to zen this feeling. “As I ascend to around G above the staff it seems like the movement to ascend is at the extreme of the front of the lips i.e. t…[Read more]

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