One blessing which I recognize for its importance in my life is the ability to remember many of the concerts I have been involved with. Some are remembered for their success and some for the disaster that incurred. Some are recalled for their importance and some for just the sheer pleasure of their moments in time. In this post I will speak of three ensembles I have had the great pleasure of performing with. The first was from the distant past, the second midway through my life and the third which was performed only a week ago. Earliest Concerts- The…
Mouthpiece Scratch Removing
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Lip Flexibility
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Single, Double and Triple Tonguing
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Best Valve Oil- Part 2
Well, I tried it and I do not like it. Some valve oils will give your fast valves but the consistency of the oil sometimes disperses the oil so fast that the oil does not give you long lasting fast valves. That is what this oil does. I had to…
Improving your range- Up and Down
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Best Valve Oil
For most of my professional life I have been dedicated to the Al Cass “Fast” valve oil but today I may have become a convert to something different. Ultra Pure is really not a new valve oil but is new to me. While visiting our local music store today I…
How to Develop Perfect Pitch in 5 Steps
As I stated before, the ability to develop Perfect Pitch is highly unlikely if you expect to be perfect all the time. Even those with Perfect Pitch have off days as I indicated in the previous post. Extenuating factors will affect your consistency but be assured, with practice; you should…