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dizforprez · 01-31-2005, 11:21 AM

from "Practical Physics for Trumpeters and Teachers" by Renold O. Schilke April 1977 The Instrumentalist

"It is not necessary for the the air to move thought the instrument. I have demonstrated this at clinics by having a tuba player blow smoke into his instrument. He can play for over a minute before any smoke begins to trickle out of the bell. The pattern set up by the player in the air is more like what happens when you drop a rock in the lake---energy impluse travels along lifting and depressing the water ( making slight waves), but does not move the water to another area."

what do you guys think? I was thinking that goes along well with the Jacobs quote of " I do not fill the horn with air, I fill the horn with vibration".

01-31-2005, 11:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
dizforprez Forte User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,028	Schilke on air usage from "Practical Physics for Trumpeters and Teachers" by Renold O. Schilke April 1977 The Instrumentalist "It is not necessary for the the air to move thought the instrument. I have demonstrated this at clinics by having a tuba player blow smoke into his instrument. He can play for over a minute before any smoke begins to trickle out of the bell. The pattern set up by the player in the air is more like what happens when you drop a rock in the lake---energy impluse travels along lifting and depressing the water ( making slight waves), but does not move the water to another area." what do you guys think? I was thinking that goes along well with the Jacobs quote of " I do not fill the horn with air, I fill the horn with vibration".