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pepperdean Heavyweight Member
Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 650 Location: Johnson City, Texas
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe we should begin a new thread of "Carmine sayings." I'll have to think about that tomorrow but meanwhile, following up on TrpPro's comments, Carmine said,
'Don't worry about the mouthpiece. Let's learn to play first.'
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'Pedal tones teach the lips how to work on their own.'
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Jerry Freedman Heavyweight Member
Joined: 29 Jan 2002 Posts: 2476 Location: Burlington, Massachusetts
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:49 am Post subject: |
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I remember Carmine saying that he didn't much care how you got the pedal tones. Just get them however you could and the important thing was to run a two octave chromatic scale a couple of times as soon as you finished the pedals |
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PH Bill Adam/Carmine Caruso Forum Moderator
Joined: 26 Nov 2001 Posts: 5861 Location: New Albany, Indiana
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:05 am Post subject: |
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pepperdean wrote: | Maybe we should begin a new thread of "Carmine sayings." ... |
This 18+ year old post includes a ton of sayings from notes I took in my lessons.
https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4010 _________________ Bach trumpet artist-clinician
Clinical Professor of Jazz Trumpet, University of Illinois
Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Faculty Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops 1976-2019
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TrpPro Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Riverview, FL
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:59 am Post subject: |
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A TREASURE! ^^^^^ |
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TrpPro Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Riverview, FL
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Just went back to original post that Pat refers to and reread the list of sayings.
They just never get old. Couldn't stop until I had read each one.
I think the only thing that may have changed over time was CC walking back his position on maintaining the pressure and lip tension while nose breathing. I believe he ended up allowing the mouthpiece pressure and the lip tension to relax somewhat as long as the student was very conscious of not repositioning the mouthpiece or the setting in any way.
Comments?
And another CCism:
"You're dealing with a human machine which is a highly variable mechanism. The whole purpose of practice is to condition these variables so you have a higher degree of consistency. That's where it's at!" |
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deleted_user_02066fd New Member
Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:53 am Post subject: |
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My years of doing Caruso led me to trust the feel and not think too much. Paralysis by analysis comes to mind.
I studied with one of Carmine's students and with Carmine as well. One lesson stands out. I was struggling that day and Carmine simply said, you're using too much pressure and to relax. Other teachers had said the same thing but nothing seemed to click. When Carmine said it, everything fell into place. He had me play one of the interval exercises and I took it to a B over high C. I had never gotten past an F or G before that.
He said very little most lessons but somehow just adhering to a few simple principles made everything work.
A funny thing happened one day. I walked in and everyone there was from the area I live in. Carmine had quite a following in my area. |
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