| Well, to start off. I'd either take the section leader out back and.... or you can ask him to show you how it's supposed to sound, ask him to play it how he wants it and make him play it over and over and over. "Do you want this note longer then? Can you play it like you want it?" Hopefully, he'll be smart enough to see what he's doin'. If not, ruin his own chops, lol.
You can't worry/put the blame on the third player, I'm sure he's havin' issues too.
Something you can suggest to your section leader is to take the passages down an octave to hear the notes, get the style, etc and then take it up when you are ready to play it. If he's unwilling to back off a lil, sometimes you have to go above his/her head to the director.
Some excercises for endurance? Well, face time.
1. Long low tones including pedals without moving the chops to take a breathe (breath through nose).
2. Equipment change could help. Smaller mpc, tighter/looser horn depending on preferences.
3. etc. Just be smart and know that your chops come first. Killing them won't give you more endurance.
Hope this helps a lil. Good luck. |