oldlou

This subject interests me greatly, as I have moved a 13 year old girl with braces from third trumpet, up to play next to me on first in a good sized community concert band. The kid has braces. She told me when I moved her up that she could not play anything above the staff, because of her "railroad tracks". I got her to play long pedal tones as softly as she could in her home practice sessions and two weeks later she was easily playing up to high C on one chart and high Bb's many times on another. Having never had to wear braces, I have no personal experience on this, but, I am quite concerned about little 'Becca' when she gets to shuck her 'railroad tracks'. She has a great amount of talent and has worked very hard to get where she is as a trumpeter. She is the only female in our 8 trumpet section and is also the youngest member of this band. Almost all of us are senior citizens. If she loses any of her ability when the braces come off, I fear that she might become discouraged. I certainly hope not.


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