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Originally Posted by Catfish  I am new here to the forum so I should introduce myself. I am in my mid 30s ,live in Brisbane Australia and have been playing trumpet for 2 years. I am told I am good at it, but I am finding it is more like an endurance sport than an instrument  .
I am looking forward to leaning some new things here and hopefully benefit from other peoples experience. |
It is very rare to hear of a woman taking up the trumpet for the first time in her life when she is in her 30's.
Why the trumpet rather than piano or clarinet or whatever?
If you should ever want to increase endurance without having to practice yourself half to death, a smaller trumpet bore (such as the vintage Conn trumpets with .438 bore, example: Conn 22B) can increase endurance without a sacrifice in sound quality.
And a tighter throat and / or backbore in the mouthpiece can help some with endurance.
Do you play with a community band?
I played trumpet from the age of 11 through 18 then gave it up.
I then took up trumpet again in my late 40's and after 5 years of casual practice I have become mediocre on slow ballads that I love to play over and over, ad nauseam.
I only play inside my house with my wife's cat as the only audience, and I think the cat is tired of hearing "I Can't Get Started" for the 10,000th time but I do not lend credence to her criticism.
BTW, some of this thread reminds me of that old book "101 Uses for a Dead Cat"
Amazon.com: 101 Uses for a Dead Cat: Simon Bond: Books
- Morris