camelbrass

Manny,

The bane of my playing is making high soft entrances. I'm currently doing Hebrides (Mendelssohn) and there is a pp long note towards the end held for 16+ beats (F# concert which I'm doing on a Bb, so it's a G#) which is very exposed and seems to set up the tonality for the end of the piece. It's not the time for a timid production and it's not the greatest note to hold on pitch. Sometimes it comes off, sometimes not but just about always the conductor is calling for softer and softer.

Is there anything specific you would recommend I should work on or anything conceptually that would help?

Your help, as usual, would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,


Trevor