Category: Music in general
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Recording, part the deux
Yesterday’s recording session ended with a problem over how to record a computer-accompanied piece by Kevin Olson. This piece has computer cues to advance through the score–the cues help determine what the accompaniment is doing (that, and the trumpet sound). The problem was that my bluetooth pedal was not connecting with my computer, so I…
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More on Tom Hooten’s single tongue chart
Yesterday, I shared Tom Hooten’s wonderful single tongue practice video. I included a screen shot of his chart that he displayed in the video, but I wasn’t thrilled about that chart, so I made a new one in Finale and exported it as a graphic file. Here’s an image in JPEG format: And here…
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More Suzuki observations
My third day of pouring over Suzuki class videos has led me to make another list of good ideas from doing these observations. My top from today: Change the tone, pacing, material and expectations as the child changes age. Let the child help set this change–they may ask for certain things (like a trumpet instead…
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ITG Conference
It’s that time of year again, when we have a lot of summer music happenings. Last week the Historic Brass Society hosted a virtual conference loosely themed on the interactions between American and England and Continental Europe. You will be able to check those archived sessions on the HBS YouTube channel in a short while.…
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Mouthpiece tone
As mentioned in the last two posts, matching pitch while playing the mouthpiece is an important goal. But we can work on other things. Just as you might do long tones on the trumpet, we can play long tones on the mouthpiece. Just like free buzzing or buzzing with the visualizer, I like to start…
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Mouthpiece buzzing: getting on pitch
When you start buzzing with your mouthpiece, one of the most obvious drawbacks of this configuration is the lack of definite pitch. Unlike playing your trumpet, there are no overtone slots (or valves) to orient yourself. You will need a reference pitch. This can come from a number of convenient sources: a keyboard (usually a…