| I think my parents steered the decision somewhat. I don't recall considering anything else for my first band instrument -- my older sister started on clarinet -- that was pretty typical sex-segregation in the 60's.
I played trumpet for about 3 years then my JR High band teacher switched me to French horn for a couple of years. I picked trumpet back up with I was about 20, and played exclusively for about 10 years before starting to play saxophone in a big band.
Are you getting a really confused picture here? ( I also played piano, drums, clarinet, and flute at least moderately well and performed on them).
Trumpet has always been the instrument that was hardest for me to be good on, so it has kept pulling me back. I don't want to die having been a lousy trumpet player. Fortunately, I keep getting better at it, and am pretty happy with my playing now.
I still play other instruments, but trumpet gets 90% of my practice time.
Galen |