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Originally Posted by Bear  I'm not a professional, and I'm a younger guy (26) but I do play a lot of lead stuff. My practice is just like any other cats. It doesn't matter that I'm a "lead" player. I still do my scales, long tones, low register workouts, multiple tounging excercises, etc. I just happen to spend a little more time on 3 or 4 octave scales and arrpegios than the average "classical" player. I think first and foremost, people should work on being a musician and a trumpet player, then worry about "specifics" like lead playing once all the fundamentals are in place.
Just my two cents.
Tim |
Tim you are right!
""I think first and foremost, people should work on being a musician and a trumpet player, then worry about "specifics" like lead playing once all the fundamentals are in place.""
And, while practicing a lot of the fundamentals, "Schlossberg, Clarke" etc., expand upon them, past where the book stops.
Also, and I'm quoteing someone I just can't recal who, "if you're going to play in the upper register, then you have to play in the upper register." Exercises and the physical brass calithenics are great, but then playing up there is very helpful. At clinics Maynard would talk to brass students about it if asked. He'd tell people to take a melody (He'd play 'Stardust' a lot) and play it up a step at a time or a 3rd ... so that you're expanding into the upper register 'musiclly' rather than just playing excercises.