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horntooter Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:37 pm Post subject: Combining Flexus & MCFB |
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What do people who combine Flexus and MCFB do about the six notes? Do they just follow the Flexus progression of changing to lip bends? This seems to work something else than the original six notes. Do they do the six notes then also the lip bend version? Obviously there is no substitute for actual lessons with Laurie Frink, etc, but I'm curious what people who are currently combining these methods do themselves. |
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PH Bill Adam/Carmine Caruso Forum Moderator
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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I've generally followed the Flexus progression with people. However, there is no hurry to move to the next exercise or add the lip bends. Don't move on until everything is working great on the exercise you are on. No hurry. _________________ Bach trumpet artist-clinician
Clinical Professor of Jazz Trumpet, University of Illinois
Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Faculty Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops 1976-2019
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trumpetdiva1 Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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When I studied with Laurie Frink in her studio, I combined MCFB with Flexus. Here is the routine that she had specifically designed for me (see part one and part two, which includes the six notes): http://course.wilkes.edu/trumpet/discuss/msgReader$14?mode=topic
Janell _________________ Janell Carter
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Listen to this sample: Michael Haydn Concerto for Trumpet - II (Allegro) -
http://tinyurl.com/hgzhq23
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horntooter Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the response so far! It's useful. When a book says wait at least 2 weeks before moving on, I definitely take it to mean minimum. I know a lot of Caruso students spend 10 years doing the vanilla 6 notes. It works fine for them. So the bending version may be an improvement, but not a necessity. |
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trumpetdiva1 Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:26 am Post subject: |
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I find the bending exercises to be very beneficial. I play them separate from the six notes. Laurie has assigned them to me in every lesson, including a recent one. This time I am playing them very slowly.
As assigned by Laurie, I am playing the buzzing to mouthpiece to trumpet bend exercise starting on G and the bend study starting on G and then C using four patterns.
Janell _________________ Janell Carter
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Listen to this sample: Michael Haydn Concerto for Trumpet - II (Allegro) -
http://tinyurl.com/hgzhq23
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horntooter Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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trumpetdiva1: It makes a lot of sense to me to play the six notes separately from lip bends. The question came from the Flexus book in the Preliminary section which seems to indicate to only do one of them (either six notes or lip bend version of six notes, not both). There is a separate lip bend section (p.40) later on that I do regardless of what I'm doing in the Preliminary section. I suppose the real answer is to experiment and do whatever works best for me. |
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TWEAK Veteran Member
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