I've been using this video for years with my band students-It's the most effective way to help those kiddos that are struggling with the concept of tonguing.
Thank you SO MUCH Sarah for conducting this research!!! It will be so helpful in explaining how the arching of the tongue facilitates changes in register on brass instruments. I studied with Claude Gordon for many years, and he was involved in several fluoroscopic X-Ray studies of trumpet players, one conducted by John Haynie in the 1960's and one conducted in the early 1980's by Claude himself along with Dr. Larry Miller, a physician and trumpet player. The actual films and videos of those early studies are not available anywhere, but as Claude and others have described to me, what they showed is exactly what your study shows. And yours has the benefit of a modern MRI machine and wonderful picture quality. Lastly, your "hose-horn" reminds me of several similar horns a friend and I made using old truck (LKW) horns from a junkyard and similar clear plastic tubing. I still have mine, forty years later. :-) Best wishes, John Mohan, trumpet in the Pit Orchestra for "Der Glöckner von Notre Dame" at the Potsdamer Platz Theater, from 2000-2002, right down the street from your Orchestra Hall. :-)
Thank you Sarah - and researchers for doing this. As an osteopath it really helps me understand living anatomy a little more. Must take years to develop this level of coordination and precision.
Awesome! I had always a bit difficulty explaining how the tongue works inside the mouth to students because I couldn't see anything (only hear ;). Now I can show them! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this material 🙏 It is very very useful. As that expression says "Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times"
Why are there always a few odd people that just dislike everything posted? Do they go around disliking videos for fun or what? Anyways, this is pretty cool! To see what is actually going on while you play!
Hey! I actually found this video to be quite informative, especially the bit near the end showing the abdomen. Very interesting to see how breath support actually looks on the inside.
Thank you so much... watching this video is LITERALLY a part of my trumpet routine... I feel like I'm subconsciously learning EVERY TIME from it... It must've been a lot of work putting this together but I gotta tell you there's NOTHING as enlightening an visually revealingl as this.. ❤❤❤
AWESOME!!!! My instructor shared this AMAZING information with our vocal class. It was great to learn about the Science behind the use of the vocal cords! :D EXCELLENT JOB! And she played BEAUTIFULLY!
Hi Sarah, I can't thank you enough for sharing this wonderful video. I can't wait to show my girls tomorrow. This shows so much dedication. Thank you so much!
As a former MRI tech and pro horn player, I've always wanted to see this!!! For the non MRI techs,haha, the quality of the scan images are incredible! A great tutorial.
Thank you Sarah !!! Please think of launching a serious study of using MRI on famous brass players and students, to find scientifically proven answers to the brass technique ! You have the power to do that, and it would be a great step forward for the brass family all around the world !
Yeah Anna-Maria Hefele has a video of her singing polyphonic with an MRI on some parts. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d6cyHGOht58.htmlsi=RLhl72PaodkuNJ9J
WOW! Huge respect to Sarah Willis and anyone who can do that!? I always thought it was in the lips and any valves on the horn/trumpet etc, but there are no valves!?? I had a go whilst watching this, needless to say I failed, big time. I'm just gobsmacked!!!
This is like the video version of Farkas "The Art of Brass Playing." I learned and will use this with students. You should get other world class horn players to do this. Thank you.
Oh my God I can't believe what I'm watching. It is so cool. I think seeing what goes on inside the mouth speeds up the learning curve. I wonder if this is done on all instruments where you need your mouth?
Mille merci... je cherchais depuis longtemps une documentation concrète à propos de ce qui se passe dans notre corps. Je crois que c'est très important à comprendre et je pense aussi que ça va beaucoup m'aider à mieux maîtriser mon instrument. Bien à vous !
This was so instructive. Timeless. Thank you for devoting yourself the science of horn playing like Farkas did Curious if you felt claustrophobic. . . That MRI looked tight!
Although this study is a few years old. Just to be sure: The brighter white parts of your body, where you are tonguing...are these your lips or your teeth? So do you articulate between your lips or between your teeth? Greetings!
Fascinating that as she ascends, or even starts high, the entire tongue is high in the roof of the mouth, as if little air gets through, and is lower with the mouth cavity more open in the lower range. Is this something she (you?) consciously does or does it just happen? It doesn't happen with me
Hello. Would I be able to get permission to use this video for a commercial website? Specifically, the MRI part. I would not be selling this video, I would just use it as a GIF for aesthetics on the company's website.
**2020 Pandemic - Getting MRI** Doctor: That'll be $9200 USD, cash US Health Insurance company: This is a prexisting condition. Me: How much is a used Alexander 103 for trade?
I'm guessing you'd see the same thing with any expert horn player. (Though I don't know if anyone can double-tongue as fast as she does!) The length of the tube would dictate the range of frequency but the chamber would likely be adjusted similarly to manipulate the pitch to align with the keys - if there are any, that is. Bugles don't have keys, right?
Sarah, Great video, thanks! I notice your tongue seems to fill up the mouth when you are playing higher notes. Is this a conscious thing you do to change the airflow?
Good lord, Sarah. You turned into the Alien at 7:15, haha. Kind of freakish to see your viscera, too, but fascinating. Awesome video, very informative, confirmed some assumptions. Maybe my students will believe me now knowing that Sarah Willis does it!
Yes. If you can whistle, as you ascend in pitch you'd notice something similar to the "ee" tongue position. Since horn method make reference to whistling.
Is she touching her lips with her tongue for the pedal notes, because it looks like it. I play the euphonium and I do the same thing on pedal tones, I thought I was wrong.
