| Re: Intonation
Hi Derek/and all...
I'm not familiar with the Promenade key centers so I can't answer that part of your question BUT, as far as the droning goes,I got into it while holding down notes and chords on the piano and playing over them (on trumpet) in a very slow fashion. My goal being honesty. I found that often I was only halfway hearing a chord or mode and was cracking notes and missing things because I hadn't gotten inside of the overall sound and color of the chord/mode or melody.
A drone can be one note on your tuner,a CD (Walter White is great) or something you program yourself on a keyboard or through music software. It's really another form of eartraining and I find that when I drone out first,that my ear wakes up and I can easily play along with things I want to transcribe (tunes/solos) with less of a lag in connection.
hope this helps...I go into the idea in depth on my trumpet lesson on my site and will continue to expand on the ideas when I get the next one up in the next year. |