Andrew Hitz

A project by @AndrewHitz and @PedalNoteMedia

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

Did you know there's a Jacobs Quotes Podcast?

It is monthly and available exclusively for Patreon patrons of @pray4jens.

https://t.co/6yXWqsJt2c

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Take lots of air in and then play with a small tongue."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Air is free. Go ahead and waste it."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Away from the instrument, guess at a pitch, and check yourself using a pitch pipe."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"The first sound after a silence should always be your very best."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"The best warm-up of brain/tissue connections is to find the norms of a great sound in the mid-range using a mid-dynamic. Then as you play, expand the pitch and dynamic ranges."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Playing your instrument is not tonguing, fingering, and buzzing. It is hearing the song in your head and recreating it."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

“There is no system of nerves in the diaphragm to tell the brain what position the diaphragm is in. Suck air in and the diaphragm will perform.”

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Play articulated material legato to obtain a 'best' sound, then have the articulation be the lightest addition of the tongue."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Follow the body's laws while adapting them to your instrument's requirements. Simply take air in and move it out."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

Attention tuba players! Don't miss this lineup.

Roger Bobo, Carol Jantsch, Mike Roylance, Velvet Brown, Deanna Swoboda, Pat Sheridan and David Zerkel!

All tickets on sale through tomorrow only!

[The Brass Junkies @pray4jens]

Hey #tuba players and teachers! We have an insane list of guest artists lined up for our Tuba Workshop February 27th+28th.

Warm-up classes. Q&As. Master classes. Hangs. It is going to be an awful lot of fun. Join us and this amazing roster!

https://t.co/OkWdDzxL9Q

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Start a conditioning program of playing even simple music for others."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Your goal should be to play with great quality beginning with the first notes of the day."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Playing your instrument is not tonguing, fingering, and buzzing. It is hearing the song in your head and recreating it."

[The Brass Junkies @pray4jens]

How many mouthpieces do you own?

And please reply with your instrument!

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Think of air as a column of water gushing up. The tone is a ball buoyed up by the column of air."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Air is free. Go ahead and waste it."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

@MickeyMcCale Ooh that's good!

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Breathing from bottom to top is not a necessary concept. Start with suction at the mouth, and let the air go where it wants. Proper enlargements will follow."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Use simple commands for the actual playing of your instrument. Reserve complex thinking for your artistry, your phrasing."

[Andrew Hitz @JacobsQuotes]

"Keep the lyrical quality when adding articulation to the sound. Be the great player who maintains a lyrical quality at all speeds."