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BUZZ ON, BUZZ OFF. THEY BOTH WORK. This is the second in a series of Letters From NY. Columns that I originally wrote for the Online Trombone Journal sometime around 2003. I have been taking part in various discussions on the Trombone listserve ( Trombone-L. And my own brass discussion site The Open Horn. Over the past seven years or so, and I’ve saved the posts that made up a number of the threads that have developed during that time. A-The real reason many people find the 6 1/2 AL (and other, larger mo...

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I have finally broken the embouchure code, I think.). OK…hot off the press, hot out of the practice room/laboratory on this matter. (8/6/09 counting). For more on this idea. There are other approaches, other techniques that are used to do this vocally but I took a lesson w/Mr. Hykes 20 years ago and have used his approach to do certain meditational exercises on a regular basis ever since that time. Let me begin by saying this:. Are you going to use a particular vowel sound? Long or short A? 3- Freebuzzin...

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Carmine Caruso, Mandelbrot sets, and me. I have been asked a number of times about how my approach to brass playing differs from Carmine Caruso’s and I usually say something like “Well, I took Carmine’s ideas and threw a grenade in them. Then I picked up the pieces and found that they all looked pretty much the same.”. Give very similar results as those that I discovered as I pushed deeper into Carmine’s seemingly simple exercises. Below is an animated version of such a fractal. As above, so below. Carmi...

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8220;Shifts” Pt. II. OK Let’s talk about shifts. You ask regarding shifts: “Yes, no, why, why not? This question is a little two-dimensional for my tastes. The question demands that we must first somehow pin them down. Define them so we have a common ground on which we can continue the discussion. Can they be defined in terms of the actual type of movement made by a brass player? I believe not, myself. Not really. Too many possibilities, as I sketched out above. One at a time here:. Etc, see above).

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Carmine Caruso, Mandelbrot sets, and me. I have been asked a number of times about how my approach to brass playing differs from Carmine Caruso’s and I usually say something like “Well, I took Carmine’s ideas and threw a grenade in them. Then I picked up the pieces and found that they all looked pretty much the same.”. Give very similar results as those that I discovered as I pushed deeper into Carmine’s seemingly simple exercises. Below is an animated version of such a fractal. As above, so below. Carmi...

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Someone recently asked me to sketch out my approach to learning scales on the trombone that can be used in improvisatory situations. Now there are as many scales as there are stars in the skyit is up to the individual player which ones he or she is going to choosebut my approach to learning. Scales is the same whether they are the simplest diatonic scales or incredibly sophisticated scalar constructs out of Nicolas Slonimsky’s Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. A mouthful, isn’t it! But there it is.

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Carmine Caruso, Mandelbrot sets, and me. I have been asked a number of times about how my approach to brass playing differs from Carmine Caruso’s and I usually say something like “Well, I took Carmine’s ideas and threw a grenade in them. Then I picked up the pieces and found that they all looked pretty much the same.”. Give very similar results as those that I discovered as I pushed deeper into Carmine’s seemingly simple exercises. Below is an animated version of such a fractal. As above, so below. Carmi...

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Dedicated to the history and brass instruments of the F.A. Reynolds Company. Explore the links below to learn more about brass instruments and manufacturers, or to join the conversations at various user forums. Brass instrument specifications and reviews (formerly TrumpetReview.com). Fine Vintage and Contemporary Brass Instruments. An eBay search for “Reynolds” under the “Musical Instruments Brass” category. Current owners of the Olds and Reynolds brand names. An Image Repository for York Tubas. Groups f...