WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | chris | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/chrisplaysolds/activity/ Activity feed for chris. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:53:56 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 19a7e6864df7471608fae476b6a19f74 chris replied to the topic why "chest-up"? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/why-chest-up/#post-57816 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:13:32 +1000 Thank you both for your replies. I checked the Adagio Fundamental BCH video but it was not mentioned there. Stefan, your comments gave me some insight to why I am asking this question to begin with.
Greg likes to use the balloon as a demonstration, as you know. He inflates the balloon and then, citing “passive reduction”, allows the air to…[Read more]

]]> ac671c0c7ff0ffbff3f901c73d6b227c chris started the topic why "chest-up"? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/why-chest-up/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 22:50:25 +1000 Hi. Somewhere on the site is info re: how to use the re-breathing bag. In the instructions, it says, “Be sure that the chest stays raised as you exhale. A fuel tank doesn’t collapse as it runs out of fuel.”
That analogy does not work for me. Can I get an explanation as to why it is important? I believe that it is also taught by Claude Gordon…[Read more]

]]> eb300775821de3426405b38e5479217f chris replied to the topic help, can't find video... in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/help-cant-find-video/#post-48529 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:26:34 +1000 Thank you!

Chris

]]> 9a04192cb575c14d428607b09a8597e6 chris started the topic help, can't find video... in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/help-cant-find-video/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 18:55:26 +1000 Hi. In the Adagio Fundamentals section called Upper Register Development, which is about the lip buzz using two fingers, Greg references an earlier video (part 1) in the Largo section which is about the same lip buzz with fingers, only without pitch change. I missed that. Where is it? Hope someone can help out.Thanks.

Chris

]]> 4b8eb695ed7a4575c17ebae31f9e40d1 chris started the topic corners in, in theory... in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/corners-in-in-theory/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 02:50:02 +1000 OK. So I get it that the aperture corners can come in without the jaw closing or the middle of the lips pinching. I can do it with the visualizer in a mirror. I can do it with my bent finger in my mouth. I am also trying to push out the lower lip a bit when doing this. Again, with visualizer. What I have noticed is that above about an A in the…[Read more]

]]> 87569f8c3ee96e4f8cf805a4cafd46da chris replied to the topic Proper Pressure in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/proper-pressure/#post-31946 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:12:56 +1000 I see I should have read your original post more closely…”How do I know if I may be using too little pressure?” haha.

This is something I have no experience with so i really cannot comment.
All I can offer is that i once asked Greg about mp pressure in a Skype lesson and he said I only need enough to get a seal–again, my problem is too…[Read more]

]]> 7be0b478690fc0964b14c86dbdc6b651 chris replied to the topic Proper Pressure in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/proper-pressure/#post-31912 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:11:24 +1000 Hi Mike ! I too have used excessive mouthpiece pressure in my youth. I play trumpet, btw. (I did not play from 1985-2012) I’ve been dabbling with Greg’s method for a (long) while but I’m really digging in now and seeing benefits. I have found two things that have helped with excessive mp pressure.

1) playing the leadpipe. Sometimes when I have…[Read more]

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