Yep. If anyone is implying or inferring that anyone should be able to play with a beard because this or that guy did, they're mistaken. I've spent close to 45 minutes per day in the last few months alone (with very rare exception) on long tones, concentrating in the extreme ranges. I could play the range, but the sound wasn't tight. Shaving absolutely was what I needed, and the beard was masking all of my work in that range.GC wrote:Successful great players with beards and mustaches do not mean a damn thing to people who can't play without shaving.
So I shaved my beard.
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Sitting up. Taking notice. Thanks.Now if there's someone who CAN'T play without their facial hair, then I'll sit up and take notice. And still shave.
Still shaving. Keeping jawline beard. Face needs at least partial hiding.
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Just shaved my beard, because my 3 year old said he didn't know what I looked like without it. Looking forward to playing without it... it's been a few years. I think I look 10 years younger without it. It's also going to be pretty cold in the Minnesota winter without a beard!
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Hey, bushy sideburns get in the way of my Cello playing as well!
Got to keep them trimmed.
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I am waiting for BlokeRazors® with handles made out of recycled Buescher parts.bloke wrote:99%, likely, have figured all of this out, but - fwiw...
To avoid chaffing and cuts...
- Use a really good hand razor. Quite a few these days (with multiple blades) are nearly foolproof.
- Shave in the tub or shower, and not in front of a sink.
- Throw away the creams and jells. A steam-moistened face (resulting in hot water on your steam-softened stubble) shaves much more easily and better than a face with greasy or creamy stuff on it...and that stuff dulls blades quickly, just as contact with dirt dulls a chainsaw chain quickly.
- Use fingertips (not a mirror) rubbing your face "against the grain" to tell when areas are completely shaved.
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I have always felt that playing beardless was my best bet.
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Anyone happen to know who this guy might be?
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When I played in college I had a beard, but not the mustache, for this very reason. Fellow students referred to me as "Abe", a reference to Abraham Lincoln.
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I've had a mustache for pretty much my entire (chronologically) adult life. I use a beard/mustache trimmer at the lowest setting and trim back once a week. If I let it get any longer, I feel like a have issues with mouthpiece leaks. Since I "retired" from the Navy in 2008 I have had a beard or goatee but I shave the "soul patch" area. Fwiw, I have been using Braun electric razors.
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Whoever he is, he's not playing that tuba -- it has no valve paddles or linkages!Donn wrote:Anyone happen to know who this guy might be?
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He's getting one custom made for him. He's about to show them where exactly that stuff should go.