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Monday, October 10, 2011
Review of Trumpet Day UMass Amherst
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
#10 of "10 Things You Can Do...."
Approach placement with the instrument in the exact playing position.
All too many performers bring the instrument to the face with 1) the bell lower than the playing position and raising the head during the initial inhalation, 2) with the bell higher than the playing position, lowering the head simultaneously during the initial inhalation, and even 3) changing the playing position (angle) with each and every interphrase inhalation. When the attack or "blow" is initiated from any of these inhalation faults, the instrument (mouthpiece) literally "crashes into the lips, not only causing injury over time but causing missed placements and many missed initial attacks - all frustrating and destructive! One of our great trumpet players caused just such destruction over time by one or several of these mannerisms.
All too many performers bring the instrument to the face with 1) the bell lower than the playing position and raising the head during the initial inhalation, 2) with the bell higher than the playing position, lowering the head simultaneously during the initial inhalation, and even 3) changing the playing position (angle) with each and every interphrase inhalation. When the attack or "blow" is initiated from any of these inhalation faults, the instrument (mouthpiece) literally "crashes into the lips, not only causing injury over time but causing missed placements and many missed initial attacks - all frustrating and destructive! One of our great trumpet players caused just such destruction over time by one or several of these mannerisms.
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