I.m Reijer from The Netherlands, I’m started doing the Windworks course for a while but always fall back to my previous way of playing. I did analise myself again after Greg’s video where he told to bite the finger and put the bottomlip more forward. When i did this i also did my jaw more forward so my airstream lifted more upwards. I’m a…[Read more]

John goodevening,

I’ve been watching Greg’s video about Overcoming a negative psychology when playing the trumpet and in that video Greg said that to get the apature work good the airstream needs to be straight. So there is the answer i think. I have to learn to move my jaw forward during playing to get the restult that i want. If someone has an…[Read more]

John goodafternoon,

I’ve used the old rim and the tissue folded twice and i can steer the air towards the tissue to make it move. What i do (looked in the mirror) is lean back a little so the airstream is straight ahead.

Have a nice weekend,

Greetings,

Reijer

I have a old rim from my modulair mouthpiece, i can use that as a visualiser. Tried to play more upstream today and it’s a strange feeling and air escaped from my bottom lip because of the broken seal.

Hi John, thanks for your reply. I do the tissue breath without the visualise (I don’t have one) and I haven’t read the book. If I want to forward my airstream I have to extend my jaw about one centimeter. I will try this and see if I can hold it there while playing.

Great to see that i’m not the only one that has thoughts by using a mute during Windworks practice.