{"product_id":"arnold-jacobs-song-and-wind-9780965248907","title":"Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a career spanning seven decades with the Indianapolis  Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphonies  Arnold Jacobs has earned a reputation as a world-class performer. Equally significant are his teachings. During his career  thousands of students have passed through his studio. Finally  there is the definitive book on his career. Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind is written by Mr. Jacobs assistant  Brian Frederiksen  and edited by John Taylor. With a length of 296 pages  material comes from masterclasses  private interviews  previously published writings and contributions from his students and colleagues.  Subjects include: The Performer: Early Years  Curtis Institute  Indianapolis Symphony  Pittsburgh Symphony  Chicago Symphony  Conductors  Other Performances  York Tuba The Teacher: Physical Elements  Mental Elements  Performance  Instruments  The Jacobs Studio Discography  Full Documentation And more . . .  Song and Wind Excerpted from Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind By Brian Frederiksen One of Jacobs most famous phrases is Song and Wind. During his lecture at the 1995 International Brassfest in Bloomington  Indiana  he explained:  \"My approach to music is expressed as Song and Wind. This is very important to communicate a musical message to the audience.  \"This approach is one of simplicity as the structure and function of the human being is very complex  but we function in a simple manner. When we bring it to the art form it becomes very simple.  \"Song  to me  involves about 85 percent of the intellectual concentration of playing an instrument  based on what you want the audience to hear.  \"You cannot get anywhere without wind. If you think of a car  the wheels will not turn without an energy source--the engine. Brass players must have a source of energy as there must be a vibrating column of air for the instrument to amplify and resonate. The musical engine is the vibration of the lips. However  the lips cannot vibrate without wind.  \"When we combine Song and Wind  the musical message  song  is the principal element comprising 85 percent of the consciousness. The remaining 15 percent is the application of the breath  wind  to fuel the vibration of the lips.\"  Adolph Herseth puts it another way  \"You have to start with a very precise sense of how something should sound. Then  instinctively  you modify your lip and your breathing and the pressure of the horn to obtain that sound.\"  Wind is the energy source used to fuel the conceptual message of the song from the brain. His emphasis of Song and Wind shows how much importance Jacobs gives to musical conception. \"Study the product  not the method. Mentalize music by making statements  not by asking questions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44941914767413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0965248909","price":78.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780965248907.jpg?v=1788288020","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/arnold-jacobs-song-and-wind-9780965248907","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}