| Re: Help
After reading your post through several times, I had an epiphany of sorts. What do you practice and how do you pracice when you practice? Do you balance your playing and practice softer lower things or work on getting that high D to center and sound full by constantly playing it over and over again?
What I mean is this: if the wind ensemble/jazz ensemble parts are placing range demands on you constantly, and all you practice is that stuff (not saying you should ignore it), then your chops never get "balanced". Spend a good deal of time on scale studies like Clarke 5th study or even back up to Clake 2nd study. Play them softly; practice exactly the opposite of the demands that are being placed upon you for a while. Again, I'm not telling you to ignore your responsibilities with the wind ensemble or jazz book, but to balance out your playing by working the other stuff, too.
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