Heat, humidity, and range

[Croquethed]

i have to do a lot of my unmuted practicing outside so as not to freak the rest of the family out.

I find as the session goes on, I have a harder time consistently staying strong at the top of my range in hot and humid weather.

Anybody else notice this?

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[cheiden]

Playing outdoors often lead players to overplay to compensate for the lace of feedback. It's a takes a lot of care to just accept the reduced feedback and not alter your normal approach and effort.
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[kehaulani]

I would imagine it comes down to how hot and humid it is and how that affects you, in and of itself.

I have played gigs in Japan and Okinawa where the heat/humidity was oppressive. It took its toll, generally, but I don't recall its affecting my proficiency. I just had to put out more energy.
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[Bflatman]

The way I look upon it is

Playing and practicing at home only allows me to piss off 2 or 3 people. Playing and practicing outdoors allows me to piss of at least 100 people.

The trumpet can carry for over a mile so they can run but they cannot hide.

Scatter vermin.

Trumpet truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

Outdoors I suffer unexpected wind - not always from the chillie I ate last night, rain, sleet, snow, traffic noise, and bloody birds cheeping chirping and twittering unmusically. Have they no sense of rhythm.

But the worst of it is the cop car and ambulance sirens and the trucks making my ears bleed. The big truck air horns from 10 paces can wake the dead.

On the plus side I have been banned from the entire city according to idiot security staff in malls who upon questioning insist that music is not allowed, as we walk past mall shops all playing music, and they insist that no mall customers are allowed to sing if they choose to or even to hum to themselves.

I strike a blow for peoples rights to hum when they choose to. There is not enough humming going on in the world.

You cant write this stuff.

I have to report that a side effect of playing out doors is I actually got better and people now follow me around and I cant shake em off. I feel like the pied piper followed by an ocean of rats. Children are beginning to flock to me.

Does anyone know directions to Hamelin.

I am officially questioning my life choices.

My advice is Dont practice outdoors unless you want to get better.
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[Tivolian]

[wilder]

[Croquethed]

[wilder]

Well, I guess the heat is just getting to you then.

[JVL]

hello
i think it depends on your physiology or your possibilities to acclimate yourself.
I'm used and prefer hot dry climate (which is mine), rather than hot humid ones
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[nieuwguyski]

When I first started playing in hot, sweaty clubs in San Francisco around 30 years ago, I wasn't prepared for the environment. I was used to playing in situations where I could keep my lips somewhat dry. When I started playing in clubs, I had to adjust to playing on a constantly wet embouchure.

It was a major adjustment.
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[Jaw04]

When I practice outside I can play really strong, high, and freeee, but I don't like the tone quality that I hear. Humidity has not bothered me personally. Make sure you are keeping your tone full through registers and play relaxed.