Thanks Neo, keep on keepin’ on!

Thanks Neo! Keep on keepin’ on!

I had the privilege of seeing Maynard three times, once with Steve Reid and his brother John sat in the audience right in front of me. Little did I know we would become close friends later in life.

You give lessons

@@jppirr1031 yes, I do.

@@jazzg7b13 what’s the best way to contact you

Thanks!

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When I was growing up I had all these doubts in my mind about getting there. In fact, my goal was to be able to play Gs and As. I started being able to play double Bs where my break was about 5 years after my professional career started and I started experimenting with equipment and fingerings to help notes speak. I wouldn’t say that it’s a question of physical gifts, unless you have some kind of teeth structure that totally messes with airstream. There are some people that play with their upper lip at the very edge of there upper teeth, when this happens changes to the back and bottom of the tooth can greatly affect the air spin or flow. I’ve experimented with putting wax on the back side of my teeth, but it doesn’t affect much for me because my jaw is open wide enough for my lips to overlap the space between my top and bottom teeth, as I have no gap horizontally between my teeth. I believe it is a learned skill that most people can achieve if they are using the proper equipment and are playing efficiently, without excess isometric tension. I believe that and thinking that it’s difficult are the some of most difficult challenges to overcome for the majority of people.

Currently traveling, however, I’m teaching lessons on Thursday, July 26. If interested, contact me through my website: ryanchapmantrumpet.com I think it will be a lot more helpful for you, if I can address your specific needs in a lesson format. All the best!

Yes, our brains produce myelin throughout our entire lives. However, there are certain diseases that can affect myelin production.

I use my signature artist model Warburton mouthpiece on a NY backbore with a 30 throat on a 1968 Conn Connstellation 36B Trumpet at the moment. The trumpet in this video is a horn made from a Yamaha 6310z and has a Calicchio 10 leadpipe with a 1s bell. Yes, I do give lessons. You can contact me through my website. ryanchapmantrumpet.com

I'm sorry, I can't answer your question, I'm not a medical doctor and I haven't done any research on glaucoma or LASIK surgery.

Google my name and glottis and it will pop up. University of Miami.

@@jazzg7b13 Already done, thanks for the reply!

It's the body of a Yamaha 6310z that a friend of might bought on my recommendation. He passed suddenly at 92 years old and it was gifted to me. The horn played stuffy, so I put a Calicchio 1s bell and 10 lead pipe with a .338 opening on it and now it plays great.

My dissertation covers most of what you are talking about especially the word you used choke. Google Ryan Chapman and Glottis and my dissertation from Frost School at University of Miami will pop up. Sam Pilafian was on my committee among others that have been heavy educators and performers in the music field.

​@@jazzg7b13I will certainly look it up, thank you. I am always eager to learn more and have learned to open my mind and ears to everything. Thanks again!

Without a point of compression where there is resistance to the exhalation, there is no compression, just exhalation.

The lip aperture AND the instrument resistance is always present when playing. Additional resistance by a pronunced tongue arch will not further increase the pressure of the air reaching the aperture. It actually reduces it from the lung air pressure.

@@darryljones9208 Its simple physics. By narrowing the opening in which air travels through we increase its velocity, and faster air means you can play higher notes.

@@darryljones9208 For example, if you cover half of a running house spout the water travels farther because theres more velocity due to a smaller opening.

@@krab4204 not exactly. Frequency of tone has NOTHING to do with air flow velocity ANYWHERE. And the hose nozzle example is irrelevant for a number of resons. A garden hose nozzle limits the water flow. This reduces the pressure losses due to viscosity losses through the long and narrow supply hose AND the long narrow water lines before that. That geometry does not exist for the trumpet-playing system. The aperture PLUS instrument resistance ensures that full lung air pressure exists at the lip aperture. Any narrowing upstream will ONLY reduce the pressure of the air available at the aperture. That goes for a narrowing of the throat (glotis) OR an arched tongue. The claim that the tongue arch "compressed" the air or increases the air "speed" through the lip aperture is absolutely absurd. Often heard and incessantly repeated by trumpet players, but purely nonsense.