drone

Flueskum · Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 1:37 pm Post subject: drone

how do you guys work on intonation with a drone ? Scales or arpeggios ?
im very interested
Thanks for the info !
Flueskum

Anthony Miller · Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 7:42 pm Post subject:

I use the Tuning CD as instructed - long tones and slurs - as I've only started using it over the last month or so.

drboogenbroom · Heavyweight Member Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 697

Start with the strongest harmonics, root, octave, 5th, then 4th 3rd 6th, then the 2nd and 7th. Once you can place all of those notes correctly, add the minor intervals. Once you can place them work diatonic and chord tone intervals, then other interval studies.

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dstdenis · Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 5:52 am Post subject:

kevin_soda · Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 7:14 am Post subject:

I love the drone. I use it more for improvisation though and of course intonation is within that.
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John Mohan · Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 7:32 am Post subject:

Interesting stuff!

tpter1 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 1194

I use it when doing the Cichowicz long tone studies, Schlossberg long tones, arpeggios, lip slurs and mouthpiece buzzing and/or lead pipe playing.

In general, I set it to the key of the exercise. For the Schlossberg, I set it to perfect 5ths from concert F ranging across 3 octaves or so and do the first long tone study so it ends up as 4th to major 3rd, major 3rd to minor 3rd, etc then octave, major 7, min 7 etc.

I use a keyboard connected to an iPad run through speakers, and use the sustain pedal to hold. Set to a string sound.
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chuck in ny · Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 3:11 pm Post subject:

good way to whack innocent bystanders from all reports.
may i ask what a drone is in this context??

ghelbig · Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 3:58 pm Post subject:

JoseLindE4 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 791

I practice moderately slow scales and arpeggios, simple tunes, and musical passages against it.

zaferis · Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:37 am Post subject:

Practice intonation and tone (because they go hand in hand) from the moment you touch the trumpet until you put it down, and then by singing, playing piano, listening and everything else musical that you do.

Intonation should be a component of everything you play - you don't forget it when decide to work on say, putting the right buttons down, or mutliple tonging, or range, or solos, or excerpts.

AND the same thing can and should be said about time and rhythm(s).
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deleted_user_680e93b · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

I use these for scales played really slowly, basically long tone flow studies.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-DyGoFkAJ1GRwBhUD4AOTewsr6l-x8qe

and i use these when i practice arpegio stuff in the circle of fifths, slurred, tongued, whatever obviously a lot quicker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77NCZErdGO4

its kind of meditative.

regards,

tom

dstdenis · Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 8:12 am Post subject:

kevin_soda · Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 10:17 am Post subject:

Tunable is a great app as well.
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xtremetrumpeter · Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 11:03 am Post subject:

ttrumpett · Regular Member Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 36

I use a drone while working on arpeggiated I-V7 chords, as found in the efficiency studies in John Daniel's method. I put the drone on the fifth scale degree of a key (concert F in the key of Bb for example) and play the exercises as written and with some small variations, like in minor keys, starting on the highest pitch, articulated, etc. For tempo, I play as fast as I can in order to hear my pitch lock in. Sometimes it is a sixteenth note, if I'm lucky, and sometimes it takes quite a while to find. To guide myself, I listen for the resultant tones to be full and unwavering. I usually start these exercises quietly yet comfortably and gradually decrease volume to a slightly uncomfortable level. Having the drone on the fifth makes all notes, except the seventh of the V, either a perfect interval or a maj/min 6th or 3rd away. I have found that doing this has given me increased ability to match others. I hope this may also help someone else!