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Originally Posted by rowuk  The major sins of practicing are the wrong order and not paying enough attention.
The right order says that you intelligently structure your time to: get your face together, play music, work out technique. That happens to be a very good arrangement as you play music when you are fresh and the killer stuff where it will not kill your musicality!
If you are REALLY getting 3 whole hours of QUALITY time in, 2 1/2 should be no louder than mezzo piano! I question the ability to regularly concentrate 3 hours at a whack. Poor concentration=poor attention to playing=wipes your face out. 4 x 45 minute super concentrated sessions with adequate breaks will help you develop MUCH faster.
I don't think pressure is the problem. |
Yeah, ditto this definately. And to be honest, I have used advise on the Trumpetmaster forums to find a really well suited routine for myself. I split my work up into time periods rather than trying to get everything done all at once. I do a warmup and scale studies after breakfast. I do music after lunch, and then I do sound produciton and flexibility after dinner. I could do articulation or first attacks after dinner, but flexibility is my big concern right now. However, I will not vary from working out of the Schlossberg book every day. By the way, most of my work is done at piano to mezzo piano. I think that this is very important. Low volumes require a very mature embouchure and technique, in my opinion. You should play "out" during your day, but recognize that you need to focus your "trumpet playing aperatus" as well..... meaning your embouchure. Low volume practice will definately help you with that.
Alright, all that aside. Sounds like you really are beating your face up. You may not get everything done in a session that you wanted to get done, but when your face starts feeling funky, put the horn down and walk away.
thanks, and have a nice day....