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Originally Posted by screamingmorris  ......
But I discovered that playing ballads an octave higher is much more challenging and builds my chops beyond what the scales were doing, even though they are both topping out at the same high notes.
(I do both the scales and the high ballads).
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- Morris |
Lads and Lassies, I too enjoy playing ballads an octave higher. I also like to include the My Way 1st Trumpet solo as it takes me through most of my normal range. I warm up with Rich Willey FocalPoint Warmups (recently acquired) and Candle on the Water. I have used Danny Boy as my reference - I couldn't play the range of it when I cameback to the trumpet some years ago, now I use it to check my phrasing and tone, particularly when I'm in a slump. MacArthur Park has also snuck under my belt somehow and I have recently introduced it to the local band as a performance piece. Try and not make you practice all work - a little play is absolutely necessary too. Play, after all, also means practice - in fact, when teaching kids, I refer to their "practice" by asking them to play - we rarely use the word practice, and I think it helps.