[TPIN] Advise Appreciated - Come back Questions

[Dave Arndt]

AMEN.

Mike Vax speaks with "straight tongue" as the Lone Rangers friend used to say.

I too am a "come back player" - really a previous "young professional"
for about 10 years who has "turned comeback player" after (get this)
18 years of not playing.

It's a challange - but fun also.  I have try to ignore my old memories
of how easily I used to do certain things, and just "keep my ear on
the music".  I don't ever expect to play the Brandenberg in the same
week I'm working The Spinners again ;-). ... But still having fun.

My recommendation: do a balanced and musical pratice routine that
emphasizes sound.  Stick with this for 37 weeks and see where you end
up!

  - da








On 12/2/07, Vaxtrpts at aol.com <Vaxtrpts at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/1/2007 9:03:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> greg.fuess at gmail.com writes:
>
> Since  May I have focused exclusively on building up embouchure so that I
> would  have the chops to spend time practicing music making, instead of
> wondering  if I would have the chops to complete a piece with any sound at
> all.   To this end, Double High C in 37 weeks has been my guide, following
> it
> religiously for 31 weeks.  From no play in 10 years, this past  weeks
> practice I have been squeaking out F above high C.  That high F  does not
> sound musical at all, but it is there.  Intonation is  significantly
> improving with every week; and even the DEG has started to  sound ok.  I am
> using a Bach 1B mouthpiece; a wash bucket for sure,  but with good chops
> produces lots of great  sound.
>
>
>
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> Greg:
> Boy, where do I start?  Are you doing the "play every other day" thing  with
> the book?
> My first impression?  Wrong.
> You need to be playing at least some almost every day.
> My second impression?  That book - by far - hurt more people than it
> helped,
> when it came out.
> My third impression?  High notes do NOT give one good endurance.
> You must work towards having good endurance BEFORE you worry about  playing
> much above a high C.
> If you are not working on MUSIC and MUSICALITY, you are missing the most
> important part of playing any instrument.
> My fourth impression?  Too much emphasis on high notes.
> "Squeaking out" a high F is not really "playing" the trumpet.  Have a  GOOD
> SOUND up to a high C, first.
> Guess I am being a little "harsh" here, and pretty much straight to the
> point, but I feel that I am really doing it for your own  good.
> Mike Vax
>
>
>
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