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rowuk · 10-10-2007, 03:05 AM

With that much playing during the day, you may be musically worn out as well.
One of the things that I have noticed is that soft/lyrical needs every bit as much "freshness" and technique as heavier types of playing. You need to bang the valves down every bit as hard as when you are playing more loudly.
I generally put "soft"/lyrical in my daily routine at the beginning, not at the end where loud is no longer possible.
You may want to add some repertory to the graduate quintet that would support this type of playing - Ewald Quintet 1 or 2 for instance (on cornets???!). There are some really beautiful melodies there and if you avoid the urge to knock walls down, you have a good chance of reaching your goal!

10-10-2007, 03:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,394	Re: Playing Lyrically-Finding the balance of the horn With that much playing during the day, you may be musically worn out as well. One of the things that I have noticed is that soft/lyrical needs every bit as much "freshness" and technique as heavier types of playing. You need to bang the valves down every bit as hard as when you are playing more loudly. I generally put "soft"/lyrical in my daily routine at the beginning, not at the end where loud is no longer possible. You may want to add some repertory to the graduate quintet that would support this type of playing - Ewald Quintet 1 or 2 for instance (on cornets???!). There are some really beautiful melodies there and if you avoid the urge to knock walls down, you have a good chance of reaching your goal! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. Last edited by rowuk; 10-11-2007 at 05:08 PM.