[Trombone-l] airy sound

[Wayne Dyess]

Hmmmm. Well, don't be depressed, because we ALL go through little  
problems with our playing from time to time.  We just work through it.

Can you describe your warmup for me?  Is it "Remington" based?  Long  
tones, lip slurs, flexibilities, tonguing?  What kind of work are you  
doing 4 to 5 hours a day?  Every day involves a good 20 to 30 minute  
long warm-up, right?

What other kind of playing are you doing?

You say your sounds is too dark?   I never heard of such a thing.   
Really.  Most people want their sound as dark as they can get it and  
generally we all play too bright.  Maybe that's just me and our  
situation here.

You mentioned your mouthpiece setup, but not your "axe".  What  
instrument do you play?  My sound is brighter than I like.  I tend to  
think it has more to do with my 88H-SGX than anything else.  The  
sterling silver yields a great response, but the cost is a brightness  
that I don't like.  The 24k gold inside the bell offsets that  
somewhat, but not enough.  I, too, am considering a change -- as soon  
as I can afford it.

(shhh)  Don't tell anyone, OK?

You'll be OK.  Just continue to work through it.  Can you record  
yourself to see if you REALLY are sounding as dark on the front side  
of the bell as you think you do behind the bell?

Dunno.  Can't be as bad as you make out if you are spending that much  
face time every day and doing the right kinds of fundamentals.

--Wayne Dyess


On Nov 24, 2006, at 1:19 PM, julie harnois wrote:

> Hi!I'm kind of depress actuallysince 2 weeks i'm so confused by  
> this problem and it seems of nobody can help me around maybe you  
> have suggestion..I'm in 1st year of masteri practice a lot (4-5hrs  
> a day) since some years i had reach a great soundbut since 2 weeks  
> its the worst time of my lifei sound like when i was in high  
> schoolnot able to do anything (range flex..)with a lot of air in my  
> sound and tired after one hourI ha change my mouthpiece a month  
> ago...the one I had before was giving me a to dark sound so I  
> change it to get something brigther, It had work really well for 2  
> weeks... (I was playing on a laskey m47 and i switch for a rath 5L) 
> I had stared euphonium lessons 2 month ago at school...I don't know  
> why its like that but i am in trouble rigth now...and the only  
> point I get from people around me is ...try to play less or try to  
> play more..I had change nothing in my warm up technique or  
> whateverhow coul this happens..thanks for your help!Julie
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Dr. Wayne Dyess, Professor of Trombone
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