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Don Ellis
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:38 pm    Post subject: Doing simple things well. Reply with quote

Time spent doing the simple things on the Trumpet well is so important. If you use your warm up time to develop the simple things, the challenging things can become easier.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes!

Life would be so much better if we all took this line for everything!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, most aspects of playing trumpet are 'simple', but not 'easy'.
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Most Important Note ? - the next one !
KNOW (see) what the next note is BEFORE you have to play it.
PLAY the next note 'on time' and 'in rhythm'.
Oh ya, watch the conductor - they set what is 'on time'.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zen 101
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"If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird

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abontrumpet
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In a masterclass, Mark Gould said: "Play simple things profoundly." It's always stuck with me. I often say to my students: "I would pay to listen to Phil Smith play Mary Had a Little Lamb, would you pay to listen to yourself play the same tune?"
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Don Ellis
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

abontrumpet wrote:
In a masterclass, Mark Gould said: "Play simple things profoundly." It's always stuck with me. I often say to my students: "I would pay to listen to Phil Smith play Mary Had a Little Lamb, would you pay to listen to yourself play the same tune?"


Hearing Mr. Cichowicz play the first flow studies of the day. Very profound indeed. He called them Long Tones. Emphasis on Tone.
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