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[quote][i]Originally posted by kalijah[/i]
I can relate too, my formal education is in Electrical Engineering, a good knowlege of science really will help if you can apply it. Knowlege of physics helps one to understand the mechanics of the "system". Anyone can learn these concepts, at least qualitatively, with some concentrated effort.

But the knowlege alone will not guarantee success. The body must learn to perform through development and practice. But if the methods are not based on fact then the practice could become counterproductive.

There is also value in the concepts of Zen when it comes to minimal effort and efficient use of the body.

But the time comes when you have to stop thinking about such things an just make music.

Going back to the speaker analogy. If the voice coil on a speaker system is unable to vibrate at or above a given frequency. There is nothing that the power amplifier can do to cause this to happen. It could perhaps increase the power to the coil to force a vibration but this would only damage the coil. Conversely, if the voice coil vibrates freely at a given frequency then the power amplifier has only to supply optimum power to yield vibration.
Also if the voice coil vibrates freely at a frequency it will not absorb energy at that frequency but will transfer almost all of the electric power applied to sound power. This is called [b]efficiency[/b].

I studied trumpet with a marvelous player who had studied from Carmine Caruso. The approach was to not worry about the sound quality at first while doing the excercises. The key was to play in a relaxed and comfortable way and to let the sound develop in time.

There are many players, mostly young ones, who do so many things at once while playing. Here is what many a young player does when playing a note (even a low or soft one) if he is doing what he is told by some of today's teachers:

Fill up...Open Throat...Drop Jaw...Point Corners...flatten chin....smile slightly...use lots of air....use dah (or tah)...two-thirds top...support..use diaphragm..drop tongue...pivot horn

Well... by the time a player attempts do do all these things at once, he or she is most certainly a ball of tension. And when the sound is not good they only intensify some or all of the actions to try to attempt to correct it.

The body "learns" to do all these things and the player believes he must do all of this to produce a good sound.

One must learn to play from a point of almost absolute zero effort and alow the sound to develop while appying only minimal effrots as the sound ascends to higher pitches and louder dynamics.

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