| There is a BIG difference between CAN and SHOULD.
Because someone CAN play with pressure doesn't mean it is the best way for them to play.
I CAN (according to the essay) and did for many years use lots of pressure. But things are 10,000 times better now that I don't.
I seriously doubt anyone SHOULD do it that way.
You need to understand what success means in academic circles. A doctor can remove a tumor and the patient die later that day. That can and is usually considered a success. HE didn't die while the Dr was in there. Most people wouldn't consider that a success yet a Dr would. I have seen and heard this in real life.
I see people every week who used so much pressure that their lips can't move.
They never developed the muscles because they changed notes by means of mouthpiece pressure.
I had a man here last week who is the lead on a national tour with a musical. Once I showed him HOW to make compression and made him hold the horn so he couldn't use too much pressure 3 things happened (That day).
His sound opened up and became the same from low to high, his flexibility improved and his endurance went up.
Just because one person learns to reduce pressure through some exercises doesn't mean everyone will.
You are assuming they play like YOU did, that they use the same amount of pressure (they may use way, way more), that they know how to make and use compression, that they use good breath support, that they use the tongue well.........
Some people overcome great problems on their own while others can not. |