Tips pros advise

jicetp · Heavyweight Member Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 650

Hi

I thought this thread could be fun and informative to read.

What tip(s) were you advised by some pro ?

Here's one of mine :

Wynton Marsalis : learn to play soft. When you can, learn to play even softer and so on.....

BraeGrimes · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:09 am Post subject:

Forgive my paraphrasing;

Pick four numbers between 1 and 12. Each represents a note starting from A. Play all the permutations of that number, eg; 1,2,3,4 - 1,3,4,2 - 1,4,2,3 - 1,2,4,3 - 1,3,2,4 - 1,4,3,2 - 2,1,3,4 -etc.

Apply these patterns with different rhythmic displacements, over changes.

This is almost a lifetimes work.

- Terrance Blanchard via Arnold Schoenberg

Sit at the piano and play a C Major triad. Play [slowly] every note from a chromatic scale from your lowest note to your highest and find the notes that resonate with you. Each chord sounds different and #11 on C Major triad in the lowest octave may not resonate with you as much as #11 on a D Major triad. Work the 4 triads [Major, minor, augmented, diminished] and then move onto quadrads, quintads, and larger voicings.

- Scott Tinkler

The most uninteresting interval in music is a perfect octave.

- Marc Hannaford via Elliot Carter
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Matthew Anklan · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:10 am Post subject:

It's just as important to be a great guy as it is to be a great player.
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kanemania · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:47 am Post subject:

"Ignore the audience; they listen with their eyes."

geezer · Veteran Member Joined: 22 Mar 2012 Posts: 166

"Playing high notes is not enough. It has to be music up there".
Bill Chase

"It should sound musical, not strained."
Maynard Ferguson

"Don't use too much mouthpiece pressure."
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"You have to play what the audience wants to hear, or you won't have an audience."
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TrentAustin · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

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Noaheckberg · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:49 am Post subject:

All of these sound great to me!

Shiner · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject:

Me (at a concert in college): Well I messed up a bunch

Bobby Shew: Don't put yourself in the $&*^house, you did just fine.

Then at dinner he blew at a dollar bill across the table showing a directed air stream; pretty amazing.

trombahonker · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject:

practice

trumpetjered · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:26 pm Post subject:

Masterclass with Mark Niehaus.

Mark puts $20 on the music stand with the 8th, 2 16th exercise from Arban.

"Let's talk about accuracy. Whoever plays and doesn't chip one single note, keeps the 20 bucks."

10 players tried. All failed. Some people early, some people on the last bar.

Mark steps up, plays it perfect.

"Most people don't have a trumpet problem...everybody can play all the licks. Most people have a concentration problem. Improve your concentration and improve your trumpet playing."

TimbersArmy · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:07 am Post subject:

Here's one from John Hagstrom that has really helped my playing:

Get up the necessary mental/physical energy before you start playing; don't let your sound give you energy, let the sound come out of the energy you've built up.

solo soprano · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:18 pm Post subject:

" JUST DO IT ! "
Bill Knevitt
Thanks Bill !!!

mer33 · New Member Joined: 26 Jul 2012 Posts: 8

You can't play it until you can buzz it.

Dan O'Donnell · Heavyweight Member Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 1917

Paraphrased...

"As soon as you finish breathing in don't hesitate or delay and immediately blow the horn. This will help to reduce tension from unnecessarily holding your breath"

Tim Wendt

This has been a tremendous help to me.

"Find the sweet spot on your chops and lock your mouthpiece into that exact spot every time you play."

Wayne Bergeron

This was one of MANY valuable pieces of advice he gave me when I studied with him.

"To help improve your tone quality; when playing long tones, imaging a the smooth glass-like surface of a lake with no wind or ripples."

Chris Botti

This helped me eliminate my sometimes uncontrolled vibrato.

"When playing a solo, play as you feel the piece needs to be played not as it is written."

Arturo Sandoval

He told me this as we were working on solo playing during my lesson with him. He demonstrated this by playing a solo on a chart as written (bland and boring) and then he added slurring and dynamics making the solo come alive!

"Have you ever wondered why there are so many people who privately study with great players for many years who can play in the extreme upper register however, they can't get anywhere near the range of their instructor. The reason is that people's teeth, chops etc. are different therefore making it easier for some and harder for others to play in the upper register."

Dan Oxley

Knowing that Wayne had a double C in Jr. High School therefore, it wasn't because he had practiced for many years to gain that range and...hearing what Dan Oxley told me...it was obvious that my on-going struggle for many years was non-value-added thus finally excusing me from having to play double Cs (when I can't after 30+ years of playing) and just enjoy the music I am capable of making....I have never been happier!

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Peter Bond · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:50 pm Post subject:

"Never play without your lips."

Pete Anderson · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:06 pm Post subject:

One of the first gigs I ever did, I showed up without a stand or pencil. There was no mention that we should bring a stand so I didn't think to... Everyone else had one anyways

The other trumpet player was an old timer and he said something along the lines of, "a musician always brings a stand and a pencil". Now I keep several pencils in my case and a wire stand in the car in case I forget!

markrappmusic · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:20 am Post subject:

Always sing in your head what you are expressing on your horn.
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razeontherock · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:45 pm Post subject:

Ed Hernandez · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:23 am Post subject:

Bobby Shew during a group class concerning improvisation fears: "You're always only half-step away from the right note".
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