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deanoaks
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| He plays dry now. Not compulsively so though. |
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nieuwguyski
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| Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| dershem wrote: | | There are advantages to both, but ... try playing outdoors in high humidity in a tent with dry chops. VERY hard to maintain. |
This. I used to play with dry chops. Then I joined a band that played gigs in hot, sweaty clubs in San Francisco. There is really no way to keep your chops dry in extremely humid conditions. I had to adapt.
If you're playing in dry conditions you can lick your lips, lube up with a tube of something, stay hydrated, whatever.
...And we can argue about who deals with the most extreme conditions, fine. If you absolutely can't play with wet chops, I wish you well and low humidity.
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EdMann
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:56 am Post subject: |
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I've more recently learned to play on wettER chops, perhaps not dripping down my chin wet, but wetter, and it happened quite by accident. I was warming up on my mouthpiece, and which is where I like to experiment, and thought I'd do it soaking wet, kept things kinda small with my chops a little closer together than I might otherwise, and whammo, high G popped out, then a high A. Felt funny, but kept at it, and now I'm playing wetter and generally with a better sound, and often with better range up and down. Not sure what happened, but I hearken back to the theories of self-discovery that guys like Wayne and Bobby Shew champion. And you REALLY can't hurt yourself experimenting with a mouthpiece only, unless.... well, not going there.
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ATrumpetBrony
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I was actually thinking about this again today.
Seems like anything that can reduce the amount of time needed to go from resting to playing would be a good 'something', wouldn't it? (I understand that some people just CAN'T play dry. But its something I almost want to experiment with... but then, I need to go practice.)
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Seymor B Fudd
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| GeorgeB wrote: | | deanoaks wrote: | | I find that if I play with wet lips that I wind up getting excess spit in the mouthpiece cup which makes for a very pretty garbled sound. |
That is my problem, too. |
Agree on that! I have a lot of saliva, forced to empty the horn rather often;Wet mpc? I feel like sliding of the rim if wet. Probably bit moist is OK.
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GeorgeB
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:46 am Post subject: |
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| Seymor B Fudd wrote: | | Probably bit moist is OK. |
Yeah, I do lick the mp enough to make it moist before I play, I just have to be careful not to overdo it.
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