hanshab9 replied to the topic embouchure and aperture questions in the forum WindWorks 5 years, 8 months ago
i just figured it out. A revelation. I was not playing with enough air pressure and was blowing from the lips. I started tightening my abdominals from way down low and keeping the throat open, ( sighing the air through the throat and lips) the upper register immediately opened up. Where before I had trouble getting to the D in the upper staff I…[Read more]
hanshab9 replied to the topic embouchure and aperture questions in the forum WindWorks 5 years, 8 months ago
This is also very interesting for me. I started learning to read and write music after I retired at 68 and started playing alphorn and fluegelhorn then I am teaching myself. I find that I have a different fluegelhorn position for the low register as opposed for higher. For low notes i raise the bell and for mid register i bring the bell down but…[Read more]
hanshab9 posted an update 5 years, 8 months ago
I will be leaving the continent for three months starting in late June . I will not have access to computer so i would like to shelve my membership for those three months. Please advise
hanshab9 replied to the topic Why the AaahOooh? in the forum WindWorks 5 years, 9 months ago
I find the ahh ooo helps me relax. Another way of doing this is sighing down the trumpet with the mouthpiece totally inside the mouth then trying the sighing to play a G in the staff.. This is a technique from Paul Mayes that I also find useful. I also hum the drones from C to C that helps relax also. Unfortunatley I have not found a way to…[Read more]
hanshab9 replied to the topic Pitch? in the forum WindWorks 5 years, 11 months ago
Greg is right. for low tones the aperture is larger therefore the compression ( air speed) is less, as the aperture tightens the compression (air speed) increases. this follows the basic laws of fluid flow in physics.
hanshab9 replied to the topic Sensation of Relaxed lips in the forum WindWorks 6 years ago
Boy do I relate to the above! I find that before I start a lesson I play long tones loudly and softly and go up the scale with every breath.. I find that helps me relax. I can tell when I am not relaxed as the sound just does not come and my arms start to shake ( side effect of recent back surgery). Then sit back relax, big breath and try again…[Read more]
hanshab9 replied to the topic Hands shake terribly after surgery in the forum WindWorks 6 years, 1 month ago
I ;thought I would give you a heads up. It has been seven weeks since the surgery and I am now relearning how to walk as there was substantial nerve damage in my back that controls th e legs. I am slowly making progress. I am trying to play again but the shaking is still there and all the narcotics I had to take to kill the pain did not help.…[Read more]
hanshab9 posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
it does say, incorrectly that my membership has lapsed.
hanshab9 posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago
my membership is active and is due for renewal as follows. However I cannot access the course. member #11793 Active 23 January 2019
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hanshab9 replied to the topic Hands shake terribly after surgery in the forum WindWorks 6 years, 1 month ago
You folks are really great. Thanks for your responses. I really appreciate all the advice. I am seeing a specialist on monday to discuss. I am relearning how to walk and cannot drive. I called the surgeon and he told me it will take 9 to 12 months before things get back to normal. I was trying to do just the simple exercises as i have to lie in…[Read more]
hanshab9 started the topic Hands shake terribly after surgery in the forum WindWorks 6 years, 1 month ago
I recently had major back surgery.That was five weeks ago, just starting totally over with the course again this week, but I notice that even in the Largo stage, I cannot play as my hands shake so much that I cannot hold a centered note, the Bb note in Largo singing C bounces between Ab and B in the same breath. This did not happen before. Any…[Read more]
hanshab9 started the topic access to comments on web page in the forum WindWorks 6 years, 2 months ago
Is there a way to access ALL the lesson comments a participant makes without going to each of the lessons and finding them. I see one can access the latest comments on the dashboard but I have not found a way to access all my comments