WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | Elgin | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/elgin/activity/ Activity feed for Elgin. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:06:54 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 445cecdb9e80059f242fdedc72beeffd Elgin replied to the topic Difference in embouchure from Mmmaaaoooh to Singing C in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/difference-in-embouchure-from-mmmaaaoooh-to-singing-c/#post-47292 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 01:16:29 +1100 Freddie. I don’t know about the “forward” part, but for me and also during the lesson I just had with Greg, the “mmmaaaahooooh setting” is how I play a low C.

]]> ac7222d005cc51240bcd92a59b7ea473 Elgin started the topic Personal-Lesson-with-Greg Shout-out in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/personal-lesson-with-greg-shout-out/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:13:03 +1100 First, let me say what a truly pleasant experience this was, and what a genuinely personable guy Greg is. What you see in the videos is just how he is.

Now, as for the lesson, if in doubt, you should schedule one with Greg. I’ve been working M2M for a little more than a year and went all the way to the end. Although my range didn’t improve, my…[Read more]

]]> d3012a18eb9ded786d0b3651011d6ff6 Elgin replied to the topic Wedge mouthpiece in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/wedge-mouthpiece/#post-33911 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:53:14 +1100 I’ve been using a Wedge for about a year. Excellent sound and very comfortable. One of the advertised attributes of the Wedge is that it allows the mouth corners to work more freely. I have found this to be the case, and I see no conflict with M2M.

]]> 53199fe6ec64901ef9113b51bcf52756 Elgin started the topic holding air in the upper chest in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/holding-air-in-the-upper-chest/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:39:21 +1100 A friend is warning about holding air in ones upper chest after exhaling from the abdomen. Have you heard of this? Is it a concern?

]]> 533d680ede196dc3fec08269da99ff6c Elgin started the topic Air stream, tissue in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/air-stream-tissue/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:20:09 +1100 Greg, could you give a little more explanation concerning the airstream direction.

  1. Is it important that the air stream go straight out in the vertical aspect? If the airstream is centered horizontally, the tissue will blow forward, whether the airstream is going down or up.
  2. As I ascend and firm the aperture corners, is it important to…

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]]> 2d233da39eccb33ef94a92fba6fce4f2 Elgin replied to the topic Singing Trumpet in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/singing-trumpet/#post-13350 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:35:27 +1100 Greg. Thanks for your reply.
I may have mischaracterized Bond sightly. He didn’t use the word “blow”. At 35:40 he says “don’t use any more air than you would to sing”. In fact, on an additional listening to Bond’s interview, he mentioned that the idea of ‘playing like singing’ originally came to him through Jim Pandolfi, also of the Met. Pandolfi…[Read more]

]]> e0c220388d39ef7488c025cb3f41fe30 Elgin started the topic Singing Trumpet in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/singing-trumpet/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:01:58 +1100 Greg. On a bus trip back from DC yesterday, I heard a podcast interview of Peter Bond (Peter Bond–THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BELL #63), of the Metropolitan Opera. During the interview he spoke of playing like singing. He said it was like Jacobs’ “Wind and Song”, but without the ‘wind’. He mentioned an awareness technique of placing one’s hand on the s…[Read more]

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