| Axel,
From the sound of it, you're doing okay if you can relax enough to play the Concertino. My best recommendation is that before you play a single note every day you must turn on your "mental CD player", the one that contains your best sound, you know. Can you turn it on right now and hear very clearly yourself playing whatever you know how to play but very well?
It sounds to me that you need to reacquaint yourself with your sound every morning until it's like turning on a CD. When you go to play keep that sound and connect it to the sound coming out of your trumpet. Please believe me that when a player is a good one, and it sounds loke you are, this works very well and is almost better than coffee to begin getting you excited to play. In fact, if I am correct, I'll bet you are feeling that excitement that is reserved for only us trumpeters right now after imagining your best sound.
Now... go practice, amigo!
And by the way.... anyone would be proud to call you his son.
ML |