tpter1

Playability... it seems chock full of little trumpet tricks, but, it about stops there. 16th notes, staccato, above high C on a C trumpet. Shamefully, I must admit defeat there. Maybe either Mr. Vizzuti or Sergei Nakariekov or Jens Lindemann could handle that, but I don't think the average trumpet player like me can. A clean and musical rendering is next to impossible, as Manny said, due to the constant face-time and the constant din of moving 16th notes. Silences are a composer's tool for creating drama; interplay creates interest and a chance for an interaction of musical ideas that are built upon one another over the extended time and duration of the piece in question while drawing the listener's ear in a new and different direction to avoid a rambling thought that loses the focus of the listener during the performance of the piece being performed. (See?)

Maybe revisions could include some more contrast in rhythm, adding rest, taking those staccato (I would assume double tongued) licks above C and either write them down an octave or just have the piano play them.

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