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Old 04-02-2008, 02:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Range needed to be a pro?

I know that range isn't everything, and that musicality is more important overall, but what range would you consider being the minimum required to get the job done as a professional?
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Old 04-02-2008, 03:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Range needed to be a pro?

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Re: Range needed to be a pro?

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I know that range isn't everything, and that musicality is more important overall, but what range would you consider being the minimum required to get the job done as a professional?
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Old 04-02-2008, 03:52 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Range needed to be a pro?

If you can hit a high F#, what's preventing you from hitting a double high G?
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...The ability to work in tight surroundings...
This, along with poor lighting, are the two things that drive me crazy. Maybe I have a slight touch of claustrophobia (or some other phobia), but being crammed elbow to elbow in a pit or on a stage without enough room to even hold my bell straight out without hitting my stand makes me a little frantic sometimes....
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Re: Range needed to be a pro?

Low F# to High F is the only range needed to cover 98% of teh material out there depending on your definition of a "pro" job. There have been several instances of DHC's among other, but these have usually been placed in parenthesis. However, as mentioned before, we all know range is subservient to sound, style, etc. That being said, it won't hurt to be comfortable up to a DHC.
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Re: Range needed to be a pro?

Thanks very much for the response, I currently am comfortable up to high C/D ish but not consistent, however I've got a few years to work on that until applying to music school (finishing a history degree first) I find that I use too much pressure, and have been told by a professional jazz player that the Maggio system would be appropriate for me, have you used or heard anything about this? Any info would be much appreciated.
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If you can hit a high F#, what's preventing you from hitting a double high G?
750 lbs per square inch
(double G is more than an octave away from high F# too - the pressure method "chokes" everything off much much earlier)

In Duvals other post I mention a daily routine assigned and monitored by a good teacher as the best way to start playing smart. Replacing brains with brawn never works too well.
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Re: Range needed to be a pro?

no it's not... it' s a halftone away ;) if you consider high G to be the note just above the staff...

My question was more, since when we press the pistons we lower our "true pitch" a halftone down, what prevents someone who reaches a high F# to hit the next halftone by not pressing the darn piston? :)

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750 lbs per square inch
(double G is more than an octave away from high F# too - the pressure method "chokes" everything off much much earlier)

In Duvals other post I mention a daily routine assigned and monitored by a good teacher as the best way to start playing smart. Replacing brains with brawn never works too well.

Lets see... so if your packin 750 psi... onto your bach 3C, which is about 3 or maybe 4 square inches total lip area...well shit...Just make it 751 and you gotta DHC... Trumpet playing isn't smarts... its ALLLL BRAWN hahaha jk
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