| Re: Testing out a new horn
I always play things that I know I can play. I am not going to try to hit a double G, because I can't. I am going to play flexibilities, slurs, loud and soft long tones, flow things like the clark studies and chromatic scales in all registers. I will also use many different attacks to see how the horn responds to a big fat attack and how it responds to the lightest tongue I can produce.
What to try out is really your choice as long as you do the same stuff on your current horn and the one you are trying.
Having a friend there to give you critical feedback is also helpful. |