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Originally Posted by MGTrumpet Manny,
I was sitting next to an eighth grade trumpet player and noticed one problem right away. He ... had the tuning slide out about an inch and a half (at least). After the second rehearsal,... I looked at his horn it seemed the mouthpiece was out too far. A week later I was talking to his band director about the kid and the director said the kid had been having lots of problems with inconsistent tone and pitch. |
MG,
Okay, so I'm going to assume that the kid was playing flat, right? Or was he playing sharp with his slide out and inch and a half?
If he was playing flat, he has a poor ear and I don't know what someone other than his private teacher can do about that. Obviously, there are remedies for any student to improve his ear but that's only within the purvue of his instructors.
If his slide was out that far and he was in tune or, worse yet, sharp. Then there are serious issues of tightness that are either physical or equipment related, as you mentioned. I'm guessing physical.
This is a hard call because of the many variables. Can you help me a bit?
ML