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Old 12-02-2006, 06:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by _TrumpeT_ View Post
when he said that you should listen to Heifetz for the role model of the piccolo trumpet tone? I'm listening to him everyday but I still don't get it. I posted the same question on the oTHer website but I want to get as many different opinions as possible. Thanks.
Heifetz was perfection of interpretation. He connected notes in a way that sounded unbelievably smooth. His silken legato, his flawless technique, his unerring sense of what was the composer's intent made him every violinist role model.
Here are a few examples of his playing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNqP-PO66c8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yexrDPEfDRw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHrCyuoUASk


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