In-between troubles

healey.cj · Heavyweight Member Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 2011

Hey,

Recently I've made some really great process with my range adding probably a 5th to my top note.

Strangely though, I'm finding it harder to play a good B below High C then it is to play High D/E/F (Above that aren't very controlled yet)

I noticed this when playing through the lead part of James Morrison's Ease On In, which goes D/E/G/E*\ D*\ B* \E/ G
The forward slash means up and the back slash means down, the stars mean above the staff.

Or http://www.jamesmorrison.com/free-charts/ease/Trumpet%20%201.pdf

For some reason, I can get the D/E/G/E*\D* but I can't seem to slot that B nicely. I tend to miss it in either direction or it sounds crap lol

Dunno why, I guess I just need more practice, that said anyone else notice this sort of problem?

Chris

p.s. Its a fun chart if anyone like Jame's stuff.

Yamahaguy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 3992

Sounds like you are either setting up too tight for the note to speak
or not hearing it properly (or both!).

Go slow, you'll get it.

healey.cj · Heavyweight Member Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 2011

Lol probably both

markchuvala · Heavyweight Member Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 640

Or in a lot of cases if the valves are not aligned properly, you will notice a different timbre or sound quality with different valve combinations.

Some times w/ certain combinations intonations is off or slotting doesn't happen as well as with other combinations.

A valve alignment is not a complicated process. there are a few guys in the country who make a living doing these set ups. IE Wayne Tanabe, Bob Reeves etc

There may be where your problems lies.

Mark