WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | wouter | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/wouter/activity/ Activity feed for wouter. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:16:36 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 9d9f29ea733622e8bfdb6611e5a6bd65 wouter replied to the topic angle of the visualizer in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/angle-of-the-visualizer/#post-117485 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:52:11 +1100 Hi eggsaseggs,

That’s true! 🙂

Best, Wouter

]]> 0c9b98570d2c6e6ee67ff56b88a01164 wouter replied to the topic angle of the visualizer in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/angle-of-the-visualizer/#post-117469 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:58:21 +1100 Hi Eggsaseggs,

I would be very careful with moving the jaw forward, it is pretty bad for you chewing joints. Also if you ‘fixate’ the jaw while playing (as do many players do) it will introduce tension in your breathing and playing also (look at classical singers they relax their jaws completely and I was told by a Opera Singing teacher that…[Read more]

]]> e338b6771bf47a1936af017eeb74b219 wouter started the topic open blow or trumpet with a lot of resitance? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/open-blow-or-trumpet-with-a-lot-of-resitance/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:51:40 +1100 Hi Greg,

I know it is personal, but to you. Do you prefer a open blowing trumpet or a trumpet with more ‘resistance’. I happen to have 2 trumpets 🙂 1 very open blow and 1 with a lot of (percieved) resistance. At first my range was higher on the trumpet with resistance and surely the slotting and tuning was easier. That is my ‘daily’ trumpet.…[Read more]

]]> 4708c958b1345ada6d49d2630ab3b3fd wouter replied to the topic angle of the visualizer in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/angle-of-the-visualizer/#post-100460 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:45:23 +1000 Hi Gary,

Happy to hear that I am not the only one struggeling. I can move my jaw forward but even a slight forward change gives me trouble with my joints. So my strategy for now is:

– I try to keep my jaw as relaxed as possible and as much possible ‘in’ the joint (so not forward)
– I roll out my bottom lip slightly AND support it with my tongue…[Read more]

]]> cfe5c09fd52ec6dcabdfd4615562865d wouter replied to the topic low tongue in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/low-tongue/#post-100013 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:47:18 +1000 no very clear! 🙂 thanks.

]]> dec940e132f4125da69ce5b695ff1f20 wouter started the topic low tongue in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/low-tongue/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:17:05 +1000 Hi Greg,

I am confused here: I did the alphabet exercises in de video and I thought you explained that in different registers, the tong is in different positions. However in the following quiz the correct answer is: the tongue stays low in all registers????

So is this an understanding thing? I mean tongue arch as one of the things you mentioned…[Read more]

]]> 87ff2afd00426119c656cd71f439dc66 wouter replied to the topic angle of the visualizer in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/angle-of-the-visualizer/#post-96559 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 07:08:42 +1000 Thanks for sharing your answers. I am going to experiment a bit. The best sound is one thing, but efficiency is also important indeed (eventually leading to a better sound also).

]]> b362f17cb5bef1c3eb0f87b9a3af8b64 wouter started the topic 'popping' the airflow in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/popping-the-airflow/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 12:10:59 +1000 Hi Greg,

Just a question or observation that I have. As you know I have been studying the Jerome Callet school also for the last 3 or 4 years and they like to focus on the spitbuzz. You probably know the concept but for everyone else: it is like spitting as little as possible air from the front of the mouth.

Back to you teachings: if I do the…[Read more]

]]> c91e2cc7e4216c391857fde2173dcccc wouter replied to the topic angle of the visualizer in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/angle-of-the-visualizer/#post-96075 Sat, 28 Aug 2021 07:15:34 +1000 PS. version 1 gives me better results in playing (especially if I keep the ‘milkcan’ in mind), but I am a little concerned that I may also have to move my jaw slightly forward and that I can not do for a long time

]]> fd24989ed060a8705e00b4aed8c10f5c wouter started the topic angle of the visualizer in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/angle-of-the-visualizer/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:32:30 +1000 Hi Greg,

In regards to your latest video: https://mysterytomastery.com/important-windworks-updates/
I have a question. I can place the visualizer on my lips in with 2 angles

1. ‘parallel’ to my lips. As I have an underbite, this means the airstream is pointed downwards. If i point my trumpet downwards also, the airstream is still going straight…[Read more]

]]> db186322b5c3a29c6d66d87ac56f1a75 wouter started the topic question about the Moderato C Singing C in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/question-about-the-moderato-c-singing-c/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:11:23 +1000 Hi,

If I do the Moderato C Singing series (or similar) I notice that when I have to play softer after the solid, loud C I feel I can not make the notes unless I make my lip aperture smaller. So what to do: should I start off with a smaller aperture or should I learn to make the aperture smaller (not pinching) going up?

What is your advice?

Thanks,
W.

]]> 1d2c66aebfd3b825e6d1c078cd3794f0 wouter started the topic spitting? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/spitting/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:21:17 +1000 Hi all,

Ok, clear we should not ‘push’ the air from the abdomen, but how about ‘pushing’ the air from the mouth (from a certain pitch), also know as ‘spitting’: creating pressure in the front of the mouth, keeping the throat and below ’empty’ or ‘relaxed’?

what’s your opinion about this?

]]> 6a5b8914c51def039b1eefdff8d40a20 wouter replied to the topic Vocal cords and falsetto? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/vocal-cords-and-falsetto/#post-77014 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:26:15 +1000 I found some info here, but it is not all clear to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsetto

]]> 6af168d75c5964ea27d4563745ec38ea wouter started the topic Vocal cords and falsetto? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/vocal-cords-and-falsetto/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:56:16 +1000 Hi Greg,

I really like your analogy saying that the lips should ‘be’ the vocal chords for playing the trumpet and just recently starting to trust it really works just that simple.

I am just wandering, is there also an analogy between head voice (not sure if this is correct English, Falsetto perhaps?) and playing the upper register. I mean, do…[Read more]

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