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rowuk · 11-03-2007, 06:57 PM

6 hours of playing is not 6 hours of music. 6 hours of marching band is not 6 hours of playing.

6 hours of ANYTHING non-stop is simply non-productive. Your concentration will dramatically suffer after 2 hours regardless of who or what you are! Playing 6 hours of marching band "easily" is pure BS. 6 hours of "serious" playing is hard work regardless of where! Running around a field with a horn stuck to your face is even more physical strain. Patric, please get serious.

Yes, I know trumpet players that can play 6 hours+ per day. I do not consider them more advanced than other players that have a well thought out 3 hour program.

All of us get opportunities where we have to produce more than we have practiced. For those situations, we need to use more brain than muscle tissue......................

An indentation is as individual as the player. Some have it to a greater extent than others even if they are not mashing the axe into their faces!

11-03-2007, 06:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,394	Re: Trouble With Mouthpiece Pressure and air problem 6 hours of playing is not 6 hours of music. 6 hours of marching band is not 6 hours of playing. 6 hours of ANYTHING non-stop is simply non-productive. Your concentration will dramatically suffer after 2 hours regardless of who or what you are! Playing 6 hours of marching band "easily" is pure BS. 6 hours of "serious" playing is hard work regardless of where! Running around a field with a horn stuck to your face is even more physical strain. Patric, please get serious. Yes, I know trumpet players that can play 6 hours+ per day. I do not consider them more advanced than other players that have a well thought out 3 hour program. All of us get opportunities where we have to produce more than we have practiced. For those situations, we need to use more brain than muscle tissue...................... An indentation is as individual as the player. Some have it to a greater extent than others even if they are not mashing the axe into their faces! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.