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Post by TopGun on Oct 10, 2003 22:56:23 GMT -5
I think the mose importand aspect of tone production is having a great concept of the tone you are trying to produce. The biggest problem I have is staying focused on this concept when I get into trouble when playing. Any tips?
Thanks,
TopGun
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Post by dbacon on Oct 11, 2003 0:03:04 GMT -5
Inner Game of Tennis. If you've not read this book, run to the nearest book web site and grab it! It gives you the all important tools we need to keep and maintain our focus on what's really important.
Here's one way to work this, it works like magic. Let's say you are practicing a range exercise going up by half steps. Imagine exactly how your favorite trumpet player would sound playing it right next to you. Since resting as long as you play is a pretty common strategy, during the rest hear as vividly as you can how maybe Geroge Graham would sound sitting right next to you. Fill the tank, project, and listen big time to the results. Still don't sound like George? Not many do!! But the closer you sound everyday, the better you'll find you are playing. Record yourself, play back and analyze what you hear. Is the attack immediate or is there hesitation then a lump of sound? Are you right in the center of the sound or bending up as you go up? The sound is always best (and easiest), most resonant right in the center. Imagine exactlly how it should sound, listen with big ears to the result. And check out one of the best books ever written on trumpet playing.
The Inner Game of Tennis!
Dave Bacon
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Post by TopGun on Oct 11, 2003 11:01:20 GMT -5
I have the book and it looks like its time to read it again. Thanks for the tips Dave.
TG
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Post by Tootsall on Oct 11, 2003 15:40:59 GMT -5
Why not go straight to "The Inner Game of Music"? Someone (a bass player?) took the "inner game" concepts and applied them to music and cranked out a book that musicians can relate to. I read it a while back and discovered 'after the fact' that, although I had no idea I was doing it at the time, I had done exactly the same thing when learning to ski....get a picture in my mind and run a kind of "mental interactive movie" over and over in my head while imagining what was going on in my body & etc. on different types of ski runs. If you've ever watched a World Cup or Olympic ski event you'll see the racers with their eyes closed and their hands weaving about "imagining their runs" before hand. No, they aren't trying to "remember the turns", they're picturing the perfect race and preparing to translate that image into action.
I did not quite get the same effect from "imagining" that I was "this" or "that" trumpet player but I can see how a mental image of the "sound" can be VERY useful.
Another thing that the book does deal with is things like "the yips" (stage fright), general health, relaxation, etc. A recommended read, I'd say.
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Post by dbacon on Oct 11, 2003 18:34:50 GMT -5
I have the Inner Game of Music as well, but the Inner Game of Tennis is much more to the point (does not loose sight of the ball). Much clearer, just substitute trumpet for tennis.
Barry Green is the bass player that authored Inner Game of Music.
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz is another indispensible book that gives you tools to bring your playing to it's highest level. Mental imaging for successful performance, works like magic!!
Dave Bacon
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Post by BobList on Oct 11, 2003 19:54:40 GMT -5
Inner game of TENNIS is the one to read...I have both, and the Music one is kinda vanilla flavored....not to the point...
The strange thing about SOUND, is that you never REALLY hear your sound...you are behind the horn..... a high reverb room, or taping your self is the best way to hear what you REALLY sound like, or at least as good as it's gonna get for ya...we tend to overblow in a situation trying to get "the sound".. Bob List, Bawlmer
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Post by TangneyK on Oct 27, 2003 11:15:02 GMT -5
I need to get that book....
Another really great one is "Effortless Mastery", by the piano player Kenny Werner, published by Aebersold. Talks a lot about the "committee" that debates in our heads everytime we play, and how to shut that off. Some other things too, like recognizing the perfect musician inside of you, and let it come out. It's also got a CD with meditations on it, that were at least helpful to me.
Anyways, this is my first post, and it's good to see a lot of friends on here, new and old--Hi Dave. (No, I'm not saying you're old! ;D )
---Kevin
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Post by dbacon on Oct 27, 2003 19:14:45 GMT -5
I need to get that book.... Another really great one is "Effortless Mastery", by the piano player Kenny Werner, published by Aebersold. Talks a lot about the "committee" that debates in our heads everytime we play, and how to shut that off. Some other things too, like recognizing the perfect musician inside of you, and let it come out. It's also got a CD with meditations on it, that were at least helpful to me. Anyways, this is my first post, and it's good to see a lot of friends on here, new and old--Hi Dave. (No, I'm not saying you're old! ;D ) ---Kevin That Kenny Werner book should be on everyone's reading list, over and over again. That's ok, you can call me old! Best thing I've been called all day!!!!! Hi Kevin. Good to hear from you, keep posting and give us your opinons. They are as good and better than anyone else's!! I'll say something interesting to Russ for you, we're working together soon. |
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