Yes, totally focus on BCH (Body’s Concert Hall) and stay loose. The buzz is not essential and I do not want it causing negative tension issues. Greg

Hi guys. Jim, simply enact the Valsalva choking to experience a seriously tight throat. Then try expelling all of your air by using you abdominal muscles, emptying the air form the lungs but with a loose open throat. Can you feel the difference in the two? Which one are you doing when playing? Do these little tricks with your eyes closed. Cheers

No time wasted at all Rod. Busily preparing the next Level and happy to check in every so often to see what is happening. Cheers.

What a great question 🙂 All fixed now. This is exactly why we have done the limited launch, to iron out errors like that. Thanks Francis!

Oh, there will be talk about tongue but not how you think!!!

Oh, there will be talk about tongue but not how you think!!!

Here’s a sneak peak and the vid I was talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dX-fTW8kec

Fantastic Jim.. There is a whole load of energy there when allow the the body to let go and simply wait for the tongue to release the air. Finding where the body is holding is the secret.

Hi Kevin, I sure do. I will be adding videos of them eventually. Cheers

WOW… it is amazing to see this. I have done a mouthpiece buzz/lip bend video for the Allegro Status Stage very much on the same path, simply with a little more focus on process and making sure those negative habits don’t creep in.

The exercises in the above video are valid but very advanced so be sure pure process is adhered to.

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Hey Jim, without seeing you, it is a little difficult to say BUT imagine the full balloon i.e. full lungs, can you sit there and after taking a full breath, seal the mouth either at the lips or with the tongue so the air cannot escape? IF so, do this and totally let go of any contraction in the air support muscles. The air still want to come…[Read more]

Hey Kevin, I love your opening line, never going to be finished 🙂 You are spot on there.

Overkill is right. It is a matter of finding what you can and can’t do. Do the early stages as a warm up and quickly get through to your trouble areas. Chipping away at what you can’t yet do with focus on efficiency.

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Hi Adrien, I still think Body’s Concert Hall throughout the entire range on the instrument. There is a link somewhere here on falsetto, check that out too. Cheers

Hi Jim, once you back off the flow and understand the oscillation of the air column throughout the body/instrument system, you get the sensation of the system resonating and projecting. Are oyu doing a lot of eyes closed, passive reduction humming?

Hey there Jutta, great news. Stick with it.

Cheers,
Greg

Magnificent!!! 🙂

I am actually about to do a video along the lines of “the air goes in to the lungs” for the Allegro Status Stage. What we do with the ribs and musculature around the lungs can determine how much the lungs expand and therefore the quantity of air in the lungs.

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Hi Frank, practice mutes are a necessary evil sometimes unfortunately. They are a last resort of course because of the perception of sound and the back pressure and tuning instability they offer. However playing is always better than not playing. A cheaper option in the Shmute and the more exy version is the Yamaha silent brass. Cheers

Keep working through the course. You need to get lost to be able to find the quickest way there. Just stick to the process, and then get in to results driven and be aware of the point of difference. Also keep in mind the 1% Rule of relaxing the body to get more sound and body resonance with the voice. Lots of closed eyes practise. There are…[Read more]

2wellsjtj At least you can recognise this. That is important. Follow the process and it will come over time. Reprogramming can be frustrating. Be happy you are doing it now and not in 10 years time. Stick with it.