https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/wellsjtj/activity/ Activity feed for wellsjtj. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:49:00 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 ecfea304831ed2899ad1021f41eee6b5 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/harmonic-slurs/ Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:14:56 +1000 I have been on wind works for a while now and have made truly great progress…harmonic slurs are always a bit of a problem..especially as we speed up re: the challenge…is it a tongue movement or is it a jaw movemen? ..I just seem to get crippled..especially just trying to get a single group out at the beginning..thanks..J.

]]> a51a312c42fa3a85849839777005944b https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/presto-f-progress-chart/#post-15101 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:59:14 +1100 Safari..on an iPad..not there yet

]]> 7000c4ef17e02f8368924df355b58252 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/presto-f-progress-chart/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 20:32:34 +1100 I don’t seem to have a lesson box on that one..thanks..J.

]]> 57bc225fd34734bd9bee1a3bfde2a3e8 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/singing-c/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:58:41 +1100 .if there is one aspect of this program that sort of slips thru the cracks when it comes to importance..at least to me..it is the instruction to, in tandem with the concert hall breath,’mimic or copy the feeling of the of the Singing C’. When I really take that message to heart and apply it to my playing, the results are really quite staggering…[Read more]

]]> 73c32b905f0fe13e6c4a6d3ff6240cb3 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/many-lemon/#post-10090 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:29:36 +1100 I’m doing it today🍋..

]]> 81250afdebfdb81a632ea0cd28a187e1 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/many-lemon/#post-9888 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 02:11:33 +1100 I totally agree…I have gone back myself in the last few days and although I don’t have a complete grasp on all the concepts, I can feel my understanding and confidence continuing to grow..Jim

]]> 67a815c156ebeddeb67fc4f3b9145bd6 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/lesson-notes/#post-9505 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:03:15 +1100 …yes..looks like they are all there now …thanks..J.

]]> 13ac97cb1c0bda37ad6d9486ea123aae https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/lesson-notes/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:14:32 +1100 ..in the allegro series, some of the lessons are without a lesson note box…just wondering if that is by design or somehow they are not showing up on my iPad?..thanks..Jim

]]> 85ba6d48d32904fcb5ae85f1366796b3 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/allegro/#post-9411 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:38:40 +1100 ..so I am in Allegro…Eb….and yes, it seems harder but my real issue seems to be that I run out of air in the Singing C..I don’t feel like I’m getting tight…in the video,you suggest that this is a point where people get stuck…I’m not sure how to interpret that and I wonder if that thought being put in my head perhaps contributes to my…[Read more]

]]> 7ff8f85cdf8ce2504f3bde6febb30274 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/allegro/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:49:08 +1100 …just moved up to this one. I understand what my goals and expectations are with the Singing C…in regards to the exercises(c#)…what should I be expecting from these? They are not technically challenging really..so..is perfection what I should strive for with these?

]]> 9e02a5c1f6d3233b867705abc9660e90 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/solution-for-over-tonguing/#post-8963 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:26:07 +1000 I struggle with this as well…the act of releasing the air…as opposed to pushing it out seems for me at least, to initiate momentum and relaxation that results in a much more musical result..and speed as well…Jim

]]> bca2f88112eb6fed5430932c13f179e5 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/solution-for-over-tonguing/#post-8960 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:59:59 +1000 I have always found the image or sensation of the tongue bouncing on a air stream to be very helpful….nothing rocket science like here👍

]]> 6b563a709d92767670085c737fa3f86f https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/progress/#post-8783 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:40:00 +1000 ..still wondering about the next level…🤔

]]> b086c0c35aece32962120655905e5fe1 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/progress/#post-8656 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:26:45 +1000 I have seemed to found my way back this week..feels good. Now..I am playing to the moderato level..pretty well. I can’t play everything to wicked high speed e.g. the chromatic variation to 132.… but with a decent quality and ease. The question I have is.. when should I move up to the next level? I know it’s probably hard without hearing me..I t…[Read more]

]]> 42a6ab866f6646028a79f6706a12c549 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/progress/#post-8466 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:14:42 +1000 Thanks Greg..I appreciate the input..I will carry on..J.

]]> 6897f3d18a95df3cc32fda1f84229252 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/progress/#post-8381 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:42:02 +1000 I must say this is not a negative on this program at all…more about me. I have noticed when I use the visualizer the air seems to be always going downward..not straight out..as well even though I manage to get to a point of making decent sounds, I start out every day with a lack of consistency.. like I am just learning ..I never feel confident…[Read more]

]]> 5400b953487682ef03e3a00b6a816313 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/progress/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:33:58 +1000 I am a 62 yr.old man who came back to trumpet..really to slay some dragons. I had not touched a trumpet in 40yrs….I came back with a lot but of baggage..no confidence and a heap of bad habits and beliefs when it came to this instrument. I am about a year into this and I must say I am beyond what I truly thought I was even capable of…let me be…[Read more]

]]> 87bcf243c300533ae8bb9278f7e0b479 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-full-breath/#post-6759 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 17:42:13 +1000 I think the biggest single factor for me…and I am not suggesting I have everything working perfectly, is the the release of the air..the slingshot. When I focus on it more than anything else, everything seems to work better…there is less instinct to push..it is almost hard to push when the slingshot is implied. The aperture corners seem to…[Read more]

]]> 982c862acb426179dca420910646b2df https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/moderato-ab-exercises/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:01:14 +1000 ..a definite step …very cool though. In the double tongue/slur exercise…is the articulation a ‘k’ syllable at the beginning of every slur? Do I have that right?… thanks..Jim

]]> ac0265b1d71c73fca616b47136981792 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/moderator-upper-register-development/#post-6381 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:18:27 +1000 …again..”Moderato”

]]> 9973a1c6f51982e3728eb405b90cf71b https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/moderator-ab-singing-c/#post-6380 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:17:27 +1000 …my apologies…”Moderato”

]]> 9c4a1d8d6b8f8493c577e4698d63f1bb https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/moderator-ab-singing-c/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:36:21 +1000 I sometimes get confused by the feelings of just running out of air(without choking)..it is a similar sensation of choking..I am checking in at the end and I don’t think I am tightening up…I appreciate you answering all my queries 🤔…Jim

]]> 3137bd72cc0d1ceaedb3590861260512 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/moderator-upper-register-development/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:30:04 +1000 I am unsuccessful at getting a ‘buzz’…I do not want to force…should my focus be on the singing C..’feeling'”.make sure of the concert hall and really focus my attention to the corners?..Jim

]]> 3d0f4df24c54f85c2c42741f82ba4691 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-full-breath/#post-6259 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:50:57 +1000 Hey Greg…I really have tried to focus on that feeling of the air right up to the tongue and/ or lips…truly made a difference in the spirit of the sound…thanks👍…Jim

]]> ee061dd5b459ab20334ff21cb5f29224 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-full-breath/#post-6221 Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:19:27 +1000 …appreciate that Greg…I think I may well be compromising the concert hall as well..thanks again..J.

]]> 2ef9a9406995bba75e3c1b22047ab1b4 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-full-breath/#post-6165 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:23:39 +1000 so…I take breath…backswing…then the slingshot…at that point the air seems to be just falling into the horn..no direction to it or any sort of intensity to it. I am not suggesting a ‘push’..but it just feels weak and lifeless to me..Jim

]]> c4dd03281bf307b6bee781908849123d https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-instrument-playing-me/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:29:49 +1000 ..is a feeling that I am struggling to find or experience..Jim

]]> 6c4651ce1cf90cc395575d6f221d686f https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-full-breath/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:45:26 +1000 I have confusion now ….the full concert hall breath which I do understand gives me a sensation of an expanding upper body..everything very open. There is no sensation of a deepness to it ..it doesn’t feel like it goes to the bottom. I would think the air gets to the bottom but there is no sensation of that. The ‘bottom’ is the way it was always…[Read more]

]]> dd87a885f4ab3b21f1880813ff872887 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-corners/#post-5940 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 01:47:27 +1000 …and Greg…in ten years I will be really old…I will keep at it😁..Jim

]]> 0d788d2ed1d070096a94741ecf1e1429 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-corners/#post-5907 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 13:41:07 +1000 Thanks Greg..I still struggle with just getting the mouthpiece to my lips..taking a breath and releasing it without a lot of commotion..a lack of trust I suppose but it does frustrate me. Sometimes I feel like I can’t even get the air into the horn…anyway…Jim

]]> 8bd6bf8251a978731dcf7f2eb365f66f https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/the-corners/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:37:27 +1000 I always believed the corners were where the top and bottom lip met…in reality, it’s where the lips contact the mouthpiece. That revelation has made a significant impact already on my playing ability…am I correct?

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