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Originally Posted by RaeRayMusic  This actually was one of the things that my lessons teacher recommened. But seeing as my concert is not in 8 days she said to just wait and try it out next year. I'm just playing on a 3C right now. Just bought a Schilke 14A4a. It's going okay with that and I can play the higher notes a lot clearer but when I go back bellow the staff it sounds fuzzy sometimes and I don't know if I want to risk that.
I'm wondering if it would throw me off if I changed back to a 3C on the two of the pieces where I'm not playing lead? I have a solo that doesn't go above the staff at all and I can sound beautiful on it with my 3C but not my Schilke. |
Funny i did the exact same thing. and i threw the mouth piece out after a month. I think the first rule is never sacrifice your tone below a G above the staff just to get those higher notes. i don't really believe in the lead trumpet player thing. now let me explain what i mean by that before i get posted to death. As a lead trumpet player my self i dont believe that you should be given sterotypical name like a lead trumpet player, or an orchestral player etc etc. we are all trumpet players of course we do certain things better then others. we just have to work harder at the things you cannot do well. an example on a yamaha podcast i herd an interview with wayne burgeon, he was taling about his difficulties with slow flowing musical passages, and how hard he had to work to become better at that. i would suggest you stay on what mouthpiece / horn you are most comfertable on, then work towards a goal (being able to hit those high notes or whatever that may be). i dont know how a guy like lew soloff brings 7 mouthpieces to one gig use's them all and sounds great my lips dont work like that. but this way has work well for me.
as for getting a high F. i jumped about a 5th in 2 weeks just by learning how to properly use my air. but i had a very good classical teacher. i also met a deep sea diver who gave me some tips about really filling up my body with air.