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Re: Physics vs Desire

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Subject: Re: Physics vs Desire
From: "Kenneth A. Long" <cn2236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 22:26:36 -0400
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References: <2.2.32.19990407101136.0068a0a8@fox.uq.net.au>
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Nigel Stobbs wrote:

> I've been reacquainting myself with the joys of the upper Bb register in
> recent days.....
>
> I seem to remember when I was a nipper a grizzled old Soprano player
> suggesting that one ought to suspend one's cornet from a rafter, make
> contact with the instrument by using the lips only, then  try producing
> decent notes with the minimal amount of lip pressure which the laws of
> physics will allow.  This was supposed to encourage that delicacy of lip
> pressure necessary to play the upper register consistently without lip
> destruction.
>

Years ago I had a small book from Wright and Round titles "The Easy Way to play
a Brass Instrument."  The method of hanging the cornet from a string was
outlined in detail in that book.  It was supposed to help develop a phenominal
range and flexability.  The author of the article claimed to have use the
technique to teach his son to play as a very young lad (late 1800's I think)
and he grew into a famous cornet soloist in England.

 I tried it and didn't have much luck, but I was young and impatient.

Hope this helps your question.

Ken Long USA

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