TPTV - Kristian Steenstrup (Blow Your Mind)

Danish trumpeter, author and researcher, Kristian Steenstrup returns to TPTV for a second time, ten years after his initial interview, to discuss content from his book “Blow Your Mind”. Topics discussed: the development of lower air intra-oral air pressure in the lower octave, and its benefit as the air pressure doubles with each octave above.
Arnold Jacobs’s exhortation to be “brass singers”…music entering and leaving the brain…audio and pre-motor cortex. … What did Jacobs mean by “answers are found in simplicity”? Roger Bobo’s “Pirate Song - Love Song” distinction.
Jacobs’s saying, “strangeness is your friend, sameness is your enemy”. Hebbian learning. We can’t unlearn a habit, but we can learn a new one that will replace the habit we don’t like. Using “strangeness” to effect new habits. Warming-up isn’t warming-up, in the traditional sense of the term, warming up. The brain works on percentages. Everything we do on the instrument on a repetitive basis is informing how we play. Spend time playing from memory daily. Be expressive in all of our playing, regardless. Do not go through the motions of playing mindlessly, be involved mentally. Have excellence in mind from the very first notes of the day. The brain works on percentages. The imagination and imitation is key. “H” consonant “tU HU”. The “H” consonant relaxes the diaphragm. Teaching this concept to non-English language native speakers. The “smoke and mirrors” approach to staccato sounding good. Jacobs’s statement “Now just forget about that” after he told the student all types of things about the body. You don’t drive the car from under the hood. Playing the mouthpiece and the mouthpiece rim. Free buzzing discussion. … Improving accuracy. Examine your thoughts. Auditory motor loop. Auditory cortex. Motor Cortex. Direction of causality. This is all controlled by thoughts. #ArnoldJacobs #JakePed #KristianSteenstrup #TubaPeopleTV #TPTV #Hebbian

[@TimJSHeise]

Excellent episode

[@fhotzel]

I've read all three excellent books motivation to read them again