| Re: Range
There you go - Geir and DubbaC!
This is exactly what I mean. Of course we can find pros that can do something with a double C. Wynton has recently had some very interesting offerings too. I am not talking about the chosen few here. I am talking about us! There is NOTHING wrong with high chops. I am not interested in stories about the pros - what are TMers (pros and amateurs) doing with that high range. How can we motivate the young talented into doing MUSICAL fun things in the stratosphere?
I use my high range (solid double C) for things like the Brandenburg, Richter, Leopold Mozart and big band/musical playing. If I feel a high note at the end is suitable, I make sure that I take the section with me - we arrange the chord so that I am not squealing alone. Everybody gets a smile then, not just me!
If my post was taken as range bashing, then I had a poor choice of words - sorry. If people that JUST octave up to show off feel some antipathy, then I probably accomplished what I was trying to say.
Lets get some good examples of USEFUL range from the rest of us. Maynard, Wayne, Jon Faddis, Patrick Hession ARE doing wonderful things - well out of the range of many/most of us. What can YOU offer?
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