I have four the website pretty confusing too. I’ve been struggling with the levels and the explanations and at times I wish there was a clear practice routine and some of the stuff was more concisely explained in a format that just reminded me to focus on a couple of things at once. I feel like once I’ve accepted the longer explanation, it doesn’t always serve a clear purpose to go back over it.
I’ve also been trying diligently not to run ahead, but having reached adagio, there were some exercises that really clarified things for me and changed my playing. I guess that’s teaching at any level really…

Hi guys, I really appreciate this feedback. I totally, absolutely and utterly agree with what you have written here and I am in the process of fixing it.

Best Wishes,
Greg

Ah! I’m so pleased you won’t kick me out Greg! M2M is the best thing that has happened to me since starting to play trumpet.

I guess to clarify my thoughts a little, I wonder whether there could be a quick summary video per stage – like a warm-up routine. Atm if I want to recap the basics and re-program, I kind of go back over each video in the largo stage and try to remember what you said and follow along.
I do also feel like such a clear level video of the key concepts for each stage, maybe as a warm-up, would help differentiate the levels too.
For me atm I find I’m going through the basics, making some gains and then hitting a bit of a wall where I fall back into an old pattern or where the old body memory takes over. At those times (about every 2-3 weeks) I realise I need to go back and look at the key ideas and remind myself of them and drill them again. (One of the members here advised that I watch mouthpiece revisited again, and that has certainly been helpful)… I just feel like some of those key steps could be more distilled.
But maybe they can’t and I just need to keep listening to you sing “Oh when the saints go marching in” again… 😉
Anyway. I hope I am making progress. Some days it feels like I am, some days not, especially when I can’t take higher notes as a mark of my achievement… 🙂

Haha, as I said, I need the feedback and there is no “kicking you out”.

Hi Greg,

while I really like your approach and think that I could profit from your method, the website and the structure of the content feel quite intransparent to me.

As someone who starts at the beginning of the course and who is not familiar with your naming (e.g. Body Concert Hall, a-ooh), you keep refering in your videos all the time to concepts and exercises that have not been properly introduced and explained yet. This leaves me confused on if I should include these hints in my exercises even if no one has explained to me how to do them properly, what things to avoid etc. It sometimes feels as if a lot of your videos address only viewers who have been familiar with your teaching for years and who already know all your names for the concepts. Also I feel that at least the beginner videos could profit from focusing more on single topics.

Is there a summary somewhere which topics are addressed in the different stages of your course?

Cheers,
Thomas

Hi Thomas,

I’m sure Greg will respond but I thought of the following link which may be helpful to you:

WindWorks Course Overview

It is an overview of the course and you can probably scan it for the most common concepts (Body Concert Hall “BCH”, MmmWWwwAaaaOooohh, Point of Difference, Coffee Moment, etc.).

In the beginning, it may seem a little daunting but in my opinion it helps in the long run when he uses that consistent vernacular throughout the course as one becomes familiar with / comfortable with those concepts then they sort of serve as anchors when he mentions them again further on in the course. At least that’s my opinion.

I hope that helps you on your journey.

I started mine just over 2 years ago and have found WindWorks to be a very helpful guide on my journey. Most recently, I feel like I have come into a whole new level of understanding about how to play / how the instrument works and it seems as though the concepts outlined here tie-in to many other concepts I have seen elsewhere. Playing can be remarkably easy and effortless if we do not fight the horn and try to blow through it, but instead cooperate with it and find the optimal balance of our Air and the Shape/formation of our lips–keeping the top lip relaxed (downstream players) with the only tension in the aperture corners (sides of mouthpiece) and perhaps bottom lip/chin/jaw.

Godspeed!

Hi John,

Thanks a lot for taking the time to kindly answer my question. I had seen that there are around 170 videos on Youtube and I have also watched some of them. Currently I am not sure if I should go through more of them rather than the videos here to try to puzzle all the glimpses on different aspects together. I believe you that someone familiar with the ‘vernacular’, as you put it, finds all the cross-references helpful, but right now it feels a little overwhelming. I had hoped that there would be some kind of basic and more linear introduction instead of having to jump around between hundreds of videos looking things up.

Your link to the course overview will certainly be helpful to find things faster, thank you! Even if the titles do not really tell me much about the what I might expect in the the content.

Thomas

Hey guys, we are undertaking changes at the moment and all of the comments above are definitely taken into consideration.

@thommitsch If you work through the WindWorks course, all of the concepts are laid out and explained in order. It might be worth making notes in the comments box at the bottom of the page. I understand there is a LOT of information. I always aim to make everything as concise as possible but I will keep working at it. PLEASE let me know what in particular you are having problems with.

Cheers,
Greg

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your reply! I appreciate your continuous work to improve the course and the website! I will just proceed with the curriculum and hope for things to clear up more in the next videos. If I encounter any particular issues, I will let you know.

Looking forward to the first results!
Thomas

Hi
I’m following “Positive Trumpeters Worldwide” on FB. Almost every day there are all sorts of “teaching” methods, tips & tricks, live stream….both from self learned people and from professors…
I think I remember that Greg mentioned in the introduction phase, that there are tons of books and various methods – and his comments surely are correct.

I miss the MtoM in the web noise.
Can we assume that Greg is making a special edition during the covid lock down????