Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:27 pm Post subject: Attn: all come back players
I would like to welcome all comeback players to this new forum...I would love to be of any assistance to anyone with chop problems or just in need of some encouragement or fundamentals help. Its never too late to start and its never too late to re-start...The hardest part about practicing is sitting down and opening your case, on that note, I better go practice... _________________ Make Music!
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It's been 18 months on my comeback trail or trial. Some of it has been good, and some bad, but I still don't regret the comeback.
I found a new teacher after about a six month hiatus (We built a new house and moved about 60 miles away from my old teacher); and I have learned many new aspects of playing.
I guess it might be like learning a new embroucher technique in a way, as I have learned how to warm up properly, which in turn has developed both my intonation, and endurance. I am still at the same range level - high C-D, but then, I am more interested in producing the best sound that I can, and then move on to range development.
Basically, I play the same way as I always did. However, I learned better breathing techniques, which produces a better sound.
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject: comeback players
'IF' you are a senior citizen,( over 50 yoa ), like me, there is an outlet for your musical performing inclinations. Check your search engine for New Horizons Bands. The odds are that there is one in your wrea. Don't worry about your current proficiency. You will be welcome and have a lot of fun with a BUNCH of comeback players.
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject: Come back players
Come back or "getting serious" is something I struggled with for a while...people had told me that if you haven't made it by now or "if your not at this level by this age" then you never will be...This is just a bunch of BULL! A friend of mine told me of a man in Chicago area in the sixties who had no musical experience and was at the time homeless. The man just decided one day that enough was enough and went out and with his last few bucks bought a cheap violin at a pawn shop and started practicing and working until he could afford an apartment. Then slowly but surely he could afford lessons...Being pretty much with out a family he practiced 8-10 hours a day and 7 years later was playing in CSO..(chicago symphony orchestra) not as concert master or principal...but in the section....WOW! Dont get discouraged...if this animal we call trumpet is what calls you...Do it and do it with your whole heart! _________________ Make Music!
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I started to play again a couple of months ago after a layoff of 40+ years. Unfortunately the guesome twosome, (lack of range and endurance), are still raising their ugly little heads. Presently I'm trying BE to try and help with these problems. After 3 weeks or so using BE I have not yet seen a significant improvement, however in all honesty I should mention that I just re-read the instructions and found that I was doing a couple of things wrong, so hopefully I should start to see some improvement in the near future. (Following instructions was never my long suit).
Like all of you 'comebackers' I have had my problems in trying to regain skills of yesteryear. Because I was determined and was enjoying what I was doing I seem to have succeeded to some extent. In an earlier posting I reccommended the New Horizons Band program. I reccommend it more firmly now. I showed up at the first rehearsal of the year a few weeks ago and was welcomed warmly. I tried out and was positioned in the fourth chair of the solo section. I was just informed by our conductor that she wants me to play all of the cornet solos. The section leader will handle all of the trumpet solos. I have been playing my grandfather's 1896 Wurlitzer Improved Symphony Model short cornet, with a deep conical cup mouthpiece. It has a beautiful, dark, melodic tone, which our conductor seems to like. In another local town band I am now the second chair solo trumpeter, playing a Getzen Super Deluxe trumpet.
I AM HAVING FUN!!!
I stopped playing the trumpet right out of high school because of family problems, took it up again 15 years later, stopped playing to relocate to another country, then came back after a multi-year layoff. The trumpet is something I can't give up forever. These days, I've just started playing gigs again after a 20 year hiatus. It feels great!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: Comeback player since August 2002
After laying my horn down in 1999 due to having the dentist remove my top teeth I thought it was over. My band director saw me in 2002 and asked if I was still playing. I said no and the reason why. He told me plenty of guys play with false teeth and to get my horn out and start playing again. 30 years of playing was too much to throw away. So I started working on lip slurs and the faithful Arban studies, Clark Studies and eveyrthing I could get my hands on. Was able to perforrm the Haydn Trumpet Concerto for my community on December 2003. What a feeling. 6 months prior to the concert I bought a new Yamaha Xeno trumpet. Sweet horn.
Before I had played Bach Strads. I love my Xeno and I practice everyday. Not as much as I would like but at least an hour a day.
I just took some lessons from Jerome Callet on his TCE. I just started playing again 6 weeks ago. Was geting a decent sound with range to a high G. After the TCE I can't do a whole lot. Am I crazy for restarting a restart. Anyone using this method or no anyone who does. Help!!
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