Darknath
Saxophone here (going to Mello for DCI), I've been practicing have a decent tone, but...
My lips (as an African American) are naturally full and I feel dumb, but hitting notes on the staff can be a problem for me, and it mught just be that I am on the staff, but don't realize it. I don't have another mellophone to compare a C or B to, so, there's that, and when I tried getting a trumpet to help me, he/she is too busy trying to see how high he or she can go. Blah. If you could help PM me.
My lips (as an African American) are naturally full and I feel dumb, but hitting notes on the staff can be a problem for me, and it mught just be that I am on the staff, but don't realize it. I don't have another mellophone to compare a C or B to, so, there's that, and when I tried getting a trumpet to help me, he/she is too busy trying to see how high he or she can go. Blah. If you could help PM me.
hey! I have/ had the same problem as you- my lips are really big too sweatdrop - so learning the horn was extremely difficult [only after we learned how to play the proper way- our bd knew nothing knowledgeable about any instruments except the piano].
So my advice to you would definitely be, DON'T GIVE UP, and PRACTISE!
I know it's so cliched and we may not want to follow , but it's very true! so many times I wanted to throw my horn at my BD when he stated that every horn is as difficult as the other/ every horn is equally hard to learn *ahhh scream *, becuase no, the french horn is MUCH harder than say the clarinet or baritone horn. [no offence]
I give you props for going for the mellophone, it's a beautiful sounding instrument. Presently, I can hit all the notes into the second octave on the treble clef when I started I could only play notes in the bass clef redface .... so there you go. 3nodding
Also, you might want to try to get your hands on a CD like Essential Elements or something so you can emulate the tone and get the notes right .
