| Just an updatete, I've hooked up with a former student of Vincent Penzarella. Panzarella was in an auto-accident which was bad enough he was told he would never play again. (Manny you prob know the story i'm sure) And he went and studied with Jacobs, and couldnt make a sound for a year.
Anyway, through this teacher, things are going well. I've been doing alot of playing on flugel, which seems to really help with breathing and overall relaxation. His approach is doing things that you don't have a previous history with. Like practing on flugel, or playing on plumbers pipe believe it or not, heh. -- Things that you aren't previously programed to. Then slowly adding the familiar back.
Ie adding the trumpet mouthpiece to the flugel, and then switching to trumpet.
Been doing flow studies like crazy, some easy flexibilites, and some easy cornet solos just to play something with a nice melody. I'm having to puff out my cheeks some to get my sound going, but hoping that will correct itself in time.
I actually have a bit of hope now that coming back will be possibble, with patience and practing the fundamentals I've gone from not being able to make a sound to playing some easy moeldies that actually sound semi-decent.
I keep looking at that list of comback players when days are bad, and ti pushes me through.
Have you ever done much with flugel? In terms of teaching? It's doing wonders for me so far..
thanks again for your imput,
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