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 Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:25 pm
toco clarinet Wandering_Soul474 3. KEY SIGNATURE: Look @ da key signature. Find out the tempo, beats per measure (whether it being 4/4, Common Time, or even sometimes 16/ cool , look for the number of flats or sharps in the music (try to remember your scales so this will become easier). ...tempo and beats per measure is not part of the key signature e.e....there is an entirely different thing called "time signature" that tells you how many and of what value the beats will be. tempo is written above both of those and typically changes pretty frequently throughout pieces of music >_> i would consider it a part of the time signature, though, as opposed to the "key signature" which only tells you how many flats/sharps will be assumed in your piece of music. P.S. it's spelled "crescendo" and "decrescendo" decrescendo is spelled exactly the same way, but with the prefix "de". ya, and also 4/4 and common time is the same at least for now....someday it could change
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:36 pm
1.PLAY WITH A GOOD SOUND!
2. use AIR!
3.PRACTICE: buzzing on the mouth peice before you accually start playing
4.then practice simple things like say for instance you at home practicing try doing like a scale bt put good attaces on them and igf 1 of ur attackes arent good start over.
(if your at home only i think the band teacher might look at you weird if youget up and do this next step if you did it in class)
5.give yourself a little brake
6.come back and buzz again and then you are ready to start playing
and remember
-TRUMPETS RULE!!!!
Ps this acctually works i have been 1st chair sence i started doing this so XD i would say they work
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:53 pm
RANGE
Range can be improved in a number of ways. Here are some techniques I've used and some that I've heard from fellow trumpet players.
1. This technique is one I personally use that I believe helps myself. You first start with a concert F (2nd line G). Then, you move up or down chromatically (A.K.A. in half steps). You move up to work on higher range, and down on lower range. I usually hold each note as a half note or as a whole note. You can also start on the third space C if you dont want to start at G.
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:05 pm
I found a 6C trumpet mouthpiece in the band room and the trumpet section leader said that was a bad kind to play on. So maybe don't play on that? I wouldn't know, I failed at trumpet.
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:13 pm
Continuing on Range
Sorry, my computer messed up on me... sweatdrop
Ne ways...
2. My friend said he likes to do this. Lip Slirs. How Lip Slirs work is like this. You start on a Concert F. You slir up to a C then back to G and so on. You do that pattern for about a few times. Then move the notes chromaticallydown so you use F#(F sharp) and B natural. You do this over and over till you get to the point where you cant go any lower.
3. This is one that I believe is one of the easiest and will help not just with your range, but also with your knowledge of reading music and fingering dexterity. SCALES!!! Scales are written down and are easy to follow. You can usually ask your band director for scale sheet paper, or you can use various trumpet books that come with scales and excellent techniques.
Hope this helps others like myself.
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:19 pm
Quote: I found a 6C trumpet mouthpiece in the band room and the trumpet section leader said that was a bad kind to play on. So maybe don't play on that? I wouldn't know, I failed at trumpet. Im sorry to hear about you failing the trumpet. crying My Guitar teacher plays the trumpet and she does say that it's a hard instrument to play. And she's played since High School. Ive never heard of a 6C trumpet mouthpiece... and I've seen some weird ones. I've seen a French Horn/Trumpet mouthpiece, and even a mouthpiece where the dome shape was extended outward like about 2 inches! eek rofl rofl rofl rofl scream
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:46 pm
hey got a question
our freshmen came in and we were checking out there mouth pieces one had a plastic one which we immediatly said you cant play that. She sounded horrible on it. But she went and got a 3c normal. Then i looked at our other freshmans mouthpiece. 11a4a? i had never heard of it so i tried to play on it. The thing was massive. anyone else of a 11a4a and if so yay or nay on the sound and quality?
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:12 pm
ALWAYS WARM DOWN!
or you will die... eek
Best way(s): **DO THEM SLOWLY**
Un: Hold C for four counts, slur down to G *hold 4*, slur down to C*hold four*, slur down to an open pedal. *hold 8-12* Repeat through the finger sequence, breath when you need to.
Deux: Start on G(in the staff you crazy trumpet players), hold 4. Slur down to an open pedal. *hold forever and a half* Repeat through finger sequence*
Trois: Start on below the staff C, do long tones chromatically down to low F#, then pedal down the finger sequence. Hold each forever and a half.
You're not warmed down unless your lips are tingling. Not warming down is the worst idea ever.
And now to tuning.
Don't tune yourself to a tuner unless you're playing solo. You can to get the gist of how off you are, but ultimately you must tune to your group and don't mess with your slide unless you're really out of tune. Most times it just the temperature or your mouth position or many other reasons your out of tune. If you're only a little off, just adjust to the ensemble with your embouchure.
@DarknessAssylum
I've heard of em before. It all depends on the the person playing it, what they're playing and how used to the mouthpiece they are. Everyone's different, so you can't exactly put a yay or nay on sound quality until you play it yourself, or hear someone else that's completely used to it play it.
And mouthpieces, as I'm sure you know, take a while to get used to, both muscle wise and playing wise.
It took me about 3 months to get used to playing a 3C after playing a 5C for about 6 months.
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:10 am
I've read that for every high note you play, you should play a low note.
It seems to work. I was practicing my scales and trying to reach the high C, and whenever I reached it in the two octave concert Bb scale, I would take a deep breath and play a low (or a middle) C and go down all the way to the lowest note (low F#). Then, I realized that because I relaxed my mouth that it helped me reach a higher range of notes.
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:30 pm
INFO I'VE RESENTLY HEARD ON TRUMPET
My band has been preparing now for concert season, and my band director has given us a list of things that's good to do, maybe they will help you guys too.
1. When warming up, use the same warm ups you used yesterday. This will put you right at the spot you left off at the day before.
2. When working on range, have a note in mind that you are aiming for, and reach for it. Play that note till you can't reach it NEmoe and dont play it again till the next day.
3. Practice exercisses that allow you to practice in many ranges
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