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Originally Posted by Deecy  Doesn't anybody around here USE the third valve slide? I find that if I switch my "grip" around, fingers over, fingers under the slide ring, etc, I can't slide the slide comfortably and I end up lipping D and Db down to pitch. And I don't like that. |
Well, I don't think it can ever be said that Maynard was the most in-tune player we have ever heard recorded.
For him, it was probably part function AND part show.
When I was playing in a brass quintet, you bet I used my slides - all the time! However, playing trumpet in a rock band, the only time I use mine is if it is something really exposed and out, and even with a lower grip, I still put my index finger into the ring and have plenty of control over the slides.