圆号好的声音从何而来？

　　Some of my approaches to problem solving may seem different to you. I believe that we maintain the sound, that we maintain our freedom of tone and our relaxation with copious amounts of air. The sound or tone should always float in the breath and be covered by the breath. As the air flows through, it supports the embouchure and is quite responsible for its position and its relaxation and for the resilience of the mouth. The flowing air is the means for the relaxation of the tongue and its articulations. The flowing of air is the means by which we can relax the tension in the areas of the glottis, the epiglottis, the back of the tongue, the larynx, and the abdominal wall. Truly the trumpet is a wind instrument and is dependent upon the breath as a source of motive power.

　　As I have matured, my thoughts have changed about the percentages in a well balanced sound system. Many years ago, I felt that the mind was probably responsible for fifty per cent of the playing of the trumpet, and the other fifty per cent was pided equally into twenty five per cent for the embouchure. A few years later I still had retained the thought that the mind was responsible for fifty per cent, but the breath had increased to forty per cent and the embouchure had decreased to ten per cent. Today I believe that ninety per cent of all playing is mental and the last ten per cent of the physical will be pided into nine percent breath and one per cent embouchure. I really believe that the acceleration of the air has tremendous value as to the releasing of the necessary tensions that make it possible for long time endurance and a beautiful sound.

　　译文：

　　可能我的一些解决问题的方法不同于你。我认为要保持好的音色，就要保持我们音调的自由和所拥有的大量气息的放松状态。音色或者音调应该是流动在你的气息当中并被气息所覆盖包围。就像空气流动穿过一样，气息提供给你与号嘴的结合，特别是嘴唇与号嘴的结合位置以及它们间的松弛性，当然还有嘴唇的弹性和反应。前面提到的“像空气流动一样”，意思是说让舌头的放松以及它的清晰性灵活性；“像空气一样流动”还体现在我们身体上的咽喉部位的神经放松和在腰腹部的“支撑墙”。正因为小号是铜管乐器，所以它的动力的源泉来自于气息。

　　随着我的成熟，我在练号、气息、嘴型（注：原文作者把这些因素集合起来叫做“声音平衡系统”）这几点上重要性的想法也产生了巨大变化。许多年以前，在我心里我所关注的是有50%都在不加思索的练号，其余有25%在嘴型上，还有25%在气息上。几年过去，我仍然保留着是50%的疯狂练号，但是剩余的有40%在气息上，有10%在嘴型。而现在，我相信有90%是靠思想、思考来支配练号而不是盲目联系，另外10%里有9%在气息上，仅有1%是嘴型。我非常相信，气息的加速和流动有巨大的价值，它可以帮助我们缓解紧张的神经，使我们可以获得长久的耐力和漂亮的音色。