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MonkeRules Veteran Member
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 137 Location: Würzburg, Germany
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: the Stamp-theme with halftones? |
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Hello!
Well, one week ago I decided to take again a big dive in the Stamp thing. I experimented a bit and I came to a question:
why did Stamp write c-d-c-g-a-g-c instead of c-c#-c-g-g#-g-c? Since "halftones are for free" this variation seems to make lot more sens. It's easier to keep the airflow steady (like in the famed Chicago pattern g-f#-g-a-g-e-c)
Comments?
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NMex Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Jan 2003 Posts: 567 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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This exercise comes directly from Schlossberg and is modified, by Stamp, to correct a tendency that trumpet players might have to "gliss", or telegraph the direction, higher or lower as we move between the notes. The Schlossberg exercise would be a simple arpeggio from C,G,E,C. Stamp's modification make it more likely that a player will play each note, on center, over it's duration. This is explained in both Poper's book on the Stamp exercises and in "How to Play arm-ups" by Jean-Christophe Wiener. If you're studying Stamp, without a teacher especially, these are good resources.
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MonkeRules Veteran Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:05 am Post subject: |
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Well, I know that it is a modified Schlossberg exercise and I know all the Stamp related books. Stamp is absolutly nothing new to my and I can play them fore and backwards (I worked thru it the 1st semester at the University -now I'm gratuated). But at least to me it seems to make more sense to play only a halftone to correct the "telegraph" tendency, since it is easier to let the valves do the work and keep the flow steady. _________________ Josef Monke Bb
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NMex Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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You asked and I tried to explain it as I understand it. Part of what we all have to do as we mature as players is to figure out what works for us as individuals and then mold our practice routines to include those things. But, I'm sure your already knew that - back and forward.
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MonkeRules Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: |
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I'm sorry, if I offended you. You said nothing wrong in your answer and you don't know me, so I would probably have answered the same as you did. I was just interested which other individual experiences with some changes in the Stamp stuff other people made.
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Michael _________________ Josef Monke Bb
Josef Monke C
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Bach Strad 25G L Bb
Bach Strad 25-H-229 C
Selmer Picc.
Selmer D/Eb
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B&S Cornett Challenger I
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Yamaha Z-Flugelhorn
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swthiel Heavyweight Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 3967 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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I've been thinking about this since this thread was originally started. I can't speak for why Stamp chose whole steps in preference to half-steps, but I've played with it both ways. It might be that the half-steps are too easy to play smoothly; I find that I need to focus a lot more to get the whole steps to sound as relaxed and "un-telegraphed" as the half steps.
I do sort of like the tonality with the half-steps ... _________________ Steve Thiel |
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