Trombone
Here’s an update at the end of the second phase of my little study: •After 3 weeks of measuring 30 vital capacity breaths a day, peak measurements improved from 6.6 liters to 7.3 liters. •After 3 weeks of measuring 30 peak expiratory flow/forced expiratory volume maneuvers per day, peak measurements improved from 720/4.75 to 735/5.00. [...]
Scientific studies have shown that certain aspects of breathing can be improved through respiratory training. This is the basis of one of the articles I’ve posted on breathing on this site. The underlying physiological concept is that the respiratory system contains skeletal muscles that can be strengthened just like any other skeletal muscles in the body; [...]
The Utah Trombone Authority, a quartet with 2 members of the Utah Symphony and 2 members of the BYU faculty, played a concert for the Deseret Chamber Music Series on May 15th. BYU-TV did a short review of the concert on “BYU Weekly,” a sort of week-in-review news spot. Not a bad little piece of [...]
Just got a nice note about the trombone history timeline from Sandie Griot, a master’s student studying early music at the National Conservatoire, Lyon, France. Sandie was also interested in information about any available facsimile editions of Tuma’s Inno per il Festo di Saint Teresia (1741). I recommended gleaning info from the published performance edition [...]