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markrappmusic
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 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:14 am Post subject: To quit or not to quit |
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Life is short. If you enjoy practicing and you enjoy playing the trumpet, then go and enjoy it and play. Don't over-think it. Play the prettiest, fullest sound you can produce and your body will figure out how to do that across the range of your horn. Concentrate on the sound coming out of your horn and playing musically and always, always sing what you're playing in your head while you're playing. If that one group pisses you off, quit that group and create your own playing situation. Start your own brass quintet. Go, live, enjoy.
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thurmancleveland
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Stick with your teacher felix,She is the only one whom you can rely on..She would advice you properly...
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Branson
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razeontherock
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| Branson wrote: | The more I read, the more I decide that trumpet playing is hard.
I thought it was easy. |
It IS easy! You move air. There's a hole in the middle of it, just for the purpose of moving air. Just concentrate on the music ... |
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zackh411
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You'll get those high notes. I'm a firm believer in "everyone can do it." A good friend of mine was "stuck" at high C for a while. He said he could play a high C in jr. high or high school, and now he was in his third year of college and still stuck there. He had resigned himself to the fact that this was as high as he could get. I gave him a few tips on playing up high and opened his mind a bit concerning using different gear and now he's got up to Eb after only about a month or two (and I know he wasn't practicing range THAT hard)... on the SAME mouthpiece that he was playing on before.
Anyone can do it. Don't give up. Keep an alert mind; try different things. Eventually you'll get it. Also, try a skype lesson with someone!
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arttrumpet
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"Dear Felix, I don't really know all the details, but if I could help you in anyway, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Here is my email:
arturo@arturosandoval.com
I was in Puerto Rico 2 weeks ago, it was a lot of fun!!!"
Arturo Sandoval.
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Mikeytrpt
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connicalman
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| Branson wrote: | The more I read, the more I decide that trumpet playing is hard.
I thought it was easy.
I must be wrong.
I think I'll hang it up....again |
Play from your heart. Whether you are an athiest, agnostic, Darth Vadar or a follower of the 'hero with a thousand faces' as Joseph Campbell describes, if the bell of your trumpet resonates with the song in your heart, hard or easy won't stop you.
Look at that singer Neil Young. He can sing 4 notes, 5 on a good day. But he gets his point across & he hasn't stopped yet.
Hold the trumpet, then let it carry you.
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