So the news is far from good. One person said “the full house” and another “you got the trifecta” and all of my friends have said “when you are going to do something, you really do it right”… well that, it seems is true…

Totally tear of the ACL
Sprain of Fibular Ligament
Tear of the Medial Meniscus
Frature of the posterior lateral tibial…[Read more]

GREAT POST!!! Yep, clean your horn more than you think.

Watch this awesome video and notice what Rafael says at 2:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUij8FCg0z8

I was a shocker in university for not cleaning the inside of the instrument and it does make playing difficult.

Cheers!

Hey Jutta, welcome back and hope all is well.

Here is a snippet from another thread that demonstrates the ups and down you will experience:

I posted back in November that I had gone back to the beginning again. That worked fine and then the Ultimate level came out. I would some days get the Ab and somedays nowhere near. I could still feel I was…

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Hey Peter, thanks for your post!

I am pleased you are getting the “Ku” attack happening. As I made reference to in a video, it is as much a general technical/efficiency development skill as a useful articualtion option.

You are talking a lot about personal sensations i.e. middle of the tongue and close to the roof of the mouth, that may or may…[Read more]

Quick update, I took a fall on a slippery floor and looks like I have ruptured my ACL requiring surgery and 3 months rehab #no golf I am mortified given I was planning to get stuck into it given the Ultimate Level is now live. Oh well, lots of mental practise WindWorks Secret style…

Breathe Greg… (a little frustrating!)

Hey Peter, I totally see where the confusion comes from it’s slur/tonuged playing each note twice rather than double tongued. I know what I mean, I just don’t mean what I say, I’ll revisit it, thanks for pointing it out.

It is not tk double tongued.

As for speed, it’s cool you have set up your own ppc to keep track. I like to make things…[Read more]

Hi Vernon, you are spot on. I talk about Mouth Comoression in the Ultimate Level as a means to back off inthe upper register especially on smaller horns.

This is where a clear understanding of “energising the air in the pipe” rather than blowing air to create sound becomes essential.

Thanks for using WindWorks!

All the best,
Greg

Hey Francis, think of the sound equation – Sound = Flow + Tension for a simple model. The flow (or strum) is volume and the tension is the pitch.

The main reason for this whole idea is to dispel the thought that blowing faster air changes pitch; thats the same as saying to strum a guitar string harder to play a higher note.

Cheers,
Greg

Hey Francis, the pitch is set by the oscillation of the air column which is determined by the tension of the lips plus air compression, so both I suppose – The Sound Equation: Sound = Flow + Tension

Watch Compression Depression since you are an Ultimate Level member, it is explained in detail there.

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Hi guys, I am so sorry for my absense, I am here working on the Ultimate Level, literally 14-15 hours a day. I want to launch on the weekend before I go away so totally absorbed and calmly frantic 🙂

I understand your dilemma Jutta and I think if done the way Charlie is intending, you’ll end up in a great position. There is as you say a degree…[Read more]

Hey there @buekmann, Lips slurs are the trickiest thing to do, especially when you are starting out.

You must be really patient and spend most time making the best sound you can. Develop the slurs slowly each day without forcing. I don’t mind you looking ahead to more advanced material to try out but at this stage spend most of your time…[Read more]

Hello Mr Chambers, your observation is totally correct – it is the same psychology.

Roger Federer put it perfectly, “trust your practice!” Meaning focus on process in the practice room then simply create the result based on the skills developed.

I talk a lot about this in the up coming Ultimate Level videos and that psychology plays a major…[Read more]

Hey James, I’m slaving away and getting really close, I’ll let you know very soon. Cheers, Greg

Hey Bo, this topic came up earlier and to my (unresearched at this stage) understanding of falsetto, it is a vibration of a thinner part of the vocal cords. I have a stupidy loud and high falsetto voice. I feel in the upper regsiter there is a couple of ways of approaching it. Re-shaping the lips to find a thinner bit of lip tissue to vibrate -…[Read more]

Hey there Guillaume, thanks for your empassioned post 🙂

I agree about the cost but sadly it is what it is. Trust me, there is no value in it for me from a time/cost perspective but I believe in them so I make them available. Notice I use my fingers very often, a free and natural substitute but not as good as the real thing.

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Hahahaha, I get what you mean!!! 🙂

Francis, if it didn’t feel different, then you are probably not doing anything differently so therefor you will not get a different outcome!

To me, “the sounds is more resonant and it doesn’t hurt any more” says it all.

Stick with it!!!

Best Wishes,
Greg

Hey Jutta, it is a very good question and you raise a lot of points.

The awareness of the aperture corners and the inward – horizontal movement is to avoid clamping down the chops in the middle. In the low register, I simply want you to recognise the extra firming of the aperture corners at the rim of the mouthpiece.

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Hey John, there are definitely slots as you say hence it getting quite diffcult to play above the e on the leadpipe without clicking up to the next harmonic.

There can be benefits to learning to hit the higher slots and bending through the slots to refine SHAPE so keep exploring, just make sure you are not squeezing and manipulating.

Cheers,
Greg

Hey Howard, yep that sounds good. Eyes closed and Concert Hall “Check In’ as well as lots of humming to keep the process free.

Use the SOUND as the judge for the time being. Just being aware that it does move in the mouth is all I am concerned about. Let’s just stick with the simplified idea for now, “the lips pick the note, the tongue makes…[Read more]