AIR-PLAY is the overall concept of how a player develops the tone on the trumpet. It is one Building Block in the Total Structure.
POWER-PLAY is the strength and endurance portion
FINGER-PLAY is the finesse and control portion
MENTAL-PLAY is all about attitude
ARTISTIC-PLAY is the final result of the package
This AirPlay Download contains over 2 hours of "mini lessons" in Ipod compatible video, and many pages of PDF Tips, Training, and Valuable Information about the Business of Trumpet.
This is not a pure Stevens System system approach. There are elements of many systems, but consolidates a firm foundation based upon what plays for YOU. The basics of AIR, Core-Balance, equipment, and playing style all add up to a successful foundation for YOU. This is NOT a short cut to screaming high notes. It is a broad based musical foundation allowing you to step off into a level playing field with any trumpet style. Listen to clip of gRawlin playing Air-Play here
When you consider that a single lesson would cost over $50 and hour. You are investing in a library of material that will last a lifetime.
This is not a gimmick, it is a solid rock for building your trumpet foundation. You will discover aids that no one has yet crystallized into clear no mumbo jumbo English.
This product is for all players, teachers, professors, and beginners. It will revolutionize your trumpet experience.
Air,Tongue,Teeth,Fingers,Eyes,Ears,Posture,Sound,Range How to Make Music - Not Noise! And do it with Ease and Clarity
This will Give You a BLACK AND WHITE understanding of what plays and what doesn't play.
This Download will show you how to establish your OWN embouchure based on simple principles of Physics. Every person brings baggage to the table. This Download gets that baggage organized, economized, focused, and functioning!
Just a quick note here to say I purchased AirPlay a couple weeks ago. I'm only thru lesson 4 and I can already tell this is going to be a significant learning experience.
I"ll spare you the sob story, but I'm trying to regain chops I haven't had since high school in the early 70's. I played like crap in college and finally gave up. I'm way too tense and work way too hard. I play well, but there's not much endurance or range.
Anyway, I can already tell this is going to be good. Thank you for putting it together.
BTW, you look great! Keep losing.
Sincerely, John.... "As an Air-Play student, I can attest that the seven principles that George Rawlin teaches have enabled me to play with much greater ease in all registers. This method enables use of one's relaxed core balance/body support rather than focusing on tiring lip and tongue manipulations to "muscle" notes out. The result of this is a much freer tone with many harmonics and an expanded range. This is not a radical embouchure change, it is an enhancement of your existing embouchure. Check out his website to learn more! Happy trumpeting, Scott
Comment / Request "Your videos have changed my ability to play. Even James Stamp couldn't help me as much as you have. I found a B2* Shank (Wartle) for the #2 grawlins. What do you recommend?"
Comment "George's AirPlay system is simple but not simplistic.
It begins so basically that is adaptable and should work for virtually anyone.
Denny
AirPlay User - Chris: "I posted this a few weeks ago, or rather I sent a feedback email to my friend George Rawlin about how I got myself out of a tailspin on a gig and he posted it here. I did it again at a gig last night. It is a little exercise that produces a mental image, but for me it is auditory rather than visual. I have been playing for over 40 years and am a serious student of the trumpet. Even with all the knowledge I've gained over the years I still frequently have to give myself a "tune-up" to get my air and chops working in good coordinated synchrony. I play a second line G whole notes at about p-mf dynamic level and repeat it until I have a perfect clear sound with no airy buzz at all. Only when it's perfect do I expand this into my whole range above and below that G. I can do it in 5-10 minutes. I did it again last night at a July 4 festival here in Michigan and I was on top of my game and beyond for the whole 2-hour/no-break gig. I have trained myself at length in the practice room to keep my jaw a bit forward from the natural position because I believe this provides the most open air path, plus positions the embouchure in the best way to operate properly. I keep that set pretty much sub-consciously now. Otherwise I don't think about my jaw position while I'm playing."
My $.02, Chris
Another AirPlay user:
I received the #1 top today. After assembling the #1 with my #4 backbore, I played numerous scales and scale-like patterns in your Airplay collection. I didn't want to put the horn down! Your rim design is the most comfortable rim I've ever played. I'll need to learn to relax and let the air (and horn) play when ascending above the staff, but my current playable register is much easier to play. The mouthpiece is wide and comfortable, yet it allows for easy, flexible playing over a wide range - it's a keeper!
gRawlin Mouthpiece user:
Your kind to reply. I play a Burbank Trumpet ( patterned after the Besson) ML boar. I could never play lead because I could hardly maintain a High C. Now with what you taught me (I'm 64) I'm relearning scales up to High G. The new grawlins #2 is at least 50% easier to play even with a Warburton *2 ( previous mouthpiece a Bach 3C). I'll go get a #7 B and a KT and try them as well. Although in my youth I was offered a scholarship in music to BYU I since discovered I'm not a real musician ( perhaps I could be a moderate technican). To play in an orchestra or local band would be nice. I love jazz and it requires a high register. Solo work would be out of the question. It's a great hobby.
AIR-PLAY is the overall concept of how a player develops the tone on the trumpet.
