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PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:58 am    Post subject: The Chop Opus Reply with quote

CHECK THIS "WITH YOUR CASSETTE TAPES
DR. DONALD S. REINHARDT
BRASS INSTRUMENT SPECIALIST
1720 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103

These tests consumed over seven months, with the co-operation of one hundred fifty three professional performers .. whose ages ran from twenty to forty- one, inclusive. They involved all cupped-mouthpiece brass instruments , without regard to the particular physical types of the PIVOT SYSTEM. The tests were specifically aimed at: "WHAT IS THE CHIEF CAUSE OF ALL "EMBOUCHURE TROUBLE? " The answer can be "boiled down" to a very few sentences; they are:

1. That careless RAPID MOUTH CORNER INHALATIONS are the underlying cause of ALL "chop trouble."

2. That careless STANDARD MOUTH CORNER INHALATIONS ran a close second.

The two basic points just mentioned in ALL CASES brought on "UNWANTED EMBOUCHURE DISTORTION" under the rim of the mouthpiece and that the fault had to be eradicated, regardless of the momentary inconvenience involved in the correction itself. Permitting the position of the jaw to drop and recede during any playing inhalation, and then snapping it back into playing position at the moment of attack (hoping that it did go back and arrive at playing position) .

The first point of correction was to make certain that the recession of the tongue during the inhalation was sufficient in order to eliminate excessive mouth corner stretching - for this was the chief cause of embouchure distorti on under the rim of the mouthpiece . The second point of correction was to make certain that simultaneously, the lower lip area had to be ''firmed - up" before the following attack. The third point of correction was to make certain that the position of the jaw did not downward and backward "gear shift" out of normal playing position, this was especially true after even a little fatigue set in and this, in itself, caused the mouthpiece placement to drift downward and out of the required playing groove . The fourth point was that the teeth of the lower jaw became more and more separated after a little fatigue took over, and this caused the performer to use the upper lip as a "meat hook" bringing on lack of endurance, flexibility , loss of range, and an uncontrolled intonation problem. Let us assume that all pros in this test were playing nearly correct in the first place ; this is why I kept this strictly among the profession. ONE WORD: THE CHIEF CAUSE OF ALL TROUBLE WAS THE UNNECESSARY ANTICS OF THE LOWER JAW AND LOWER LIP.

To summarize : one, the teeth (uppers in relation to the lowers) must be set just as close as a good sound willl permit; two, that the recession of the tongue must always be sufficient in order to prevent "embouchure distortion'' under the rim of the mouthpiece during any and all inha ations; three, that the lower lip and chin area must always be "firmed- up" simultaneously with the recession of the tongue , "without receding the position of the jaw " while so doing; four, that the position of the lower jaw must never be permitted to drop downward and backward for any playing inhalation, even the more rapid forms of inhalation. Even though YOU feel that this places you in a momentary "strait- jacket" - this feeling of unwanted physical and mental restriction will be extremely short -lived if you will check and double check on these points on a daily practice basis . Remember, you can relax and play correctly just as well
as you can relax (collapse) while playing incorrectly .. One hundred and fifty three professional performers ALL CLAIMED IMPROVEMENT EVEN AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THIS TYPE OF PHYSICAL RESTRICTION AND THIS MEANS THE TEST WAS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT......

Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=82224


Essential reading IMHO - I've seen significant progress working on mouthcorner inhalations with these points firmly in mind, would've fallen into bad habits otherwise (admittedly breathing through the center was a bad habit I had before working on this anyway).
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Brad . . . although it would appear that yours didn't quite make it all the way to the end of what I got from Doc:



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, thanks very much, Rich!

My version was dated 1978. Seems like yours is a later version, and more comprehensive. I feel as if I should tape a copy to the bill of my baseball cap.
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