| heh, heh
I realize you weren't saying I was cheating. We're cool! However, I can't tell you how many times someone HAS claimed I was cheating by using the gear that I use! I'm just kind-of horsing around a bit with this one!
Ok, I have a phone call scheduled with Jerry for tomorrow at 4:30 PM Chicago time. One of the issues is the lip protruding between the lips. When I articulate a note this way, the tip of my tongue does slightly come through the lips. When I strike the note, it pops back to the position I've already described. In fact, I am almost uisng an anchor tip thing when I do this, so I feel the top of my lower teeth touching the bottom of the tip of my tongue the whole time I'm playing.
Jerry refers to advanced TCE in his book. The pictures imply that the tip of the ongue is in there a lot more. This I CAN'T do. I am wondering if I am mis-reading those sketches, hence the need for a phone call.
In Jerry's previous book, SuperChops, he talked about the lower lip being over the top gum line. I couldn't even begin to play that way. This new way of articulating his ideas is reaching me, though. For all of Jerry's controversy, I really get a kick out of the absolute ease with which he navigates the upper register. He really does make it seem as easy as a kid just plunking away with his/her right hand all the way up on top of the 88 on a piano. If I could just tap some of that and make my playing and practicing even easier, it's worth the time, to me.
OK, great stuff, Wilcox, my man! I'm off to practice for about an hour or so, till the last bell ends. I'm done for the day, but my son has classes right up till the end of the day, so I'm here till 3:30 even though I have early release.
Peace.
Nick |