| Hi,
Like most of you guys and girls I like playing both. I also tend to have a classical practice routine based around Arbans and Clarke and work on both classical and big band charts. Mentally what helps me is singing the piece in my head first (not out loud!!) so that even before I pick up the horn I'm stylistically in the groove. Its then up to your chops to translate that 'sound' into the stuff that comes out of the bell.
Regards
Trevor |