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Post by lynsey83 on Oct 22, 2005 13:44:18 GMT
Shotts have recently started looking at Images of the Millenium for the Scottish and I'm looking for tips on improving my high register playing, I either lose stamina or my tuning is wild and now is the time to work on it..any advice is welcome!
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Post by Sop brotherston on Oct 22, 2005 16:57:47 GMT
The best way for me is support from my diaphram and tightness of the check muscles but there is anothre way"close ur eye, squeeze your bum and hope" but i dont recommend tht one just play long top a, bs and cs to build up better stamina
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Post by eckyboy on Oct 23, 2005 2:05:38 GMT
I'm probably the last person to give advice as I'm hopeless at the top notes but Alex Kerwin advocates playing hymn tunes from the red book an octave above. Here's what she says here
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Post by Sharpy on Oct 23, 2005 19:49:57 GMT
There are two tutor books I would recomend, "How Brass Players Do It" by John Ridgeon and "Advanced Lip Flexabilites" by Chas Colin. But make sure you do the exercises with a metronome at crotchet=60 for maximum benefit.
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Post by eckyboy on Oct 24, 2005 11:39:07 GMT
How Brass Players Do It by John Ridgeon That's the book I used as a youngster 25 years ago. I lost it but it was a cracking book, can you still get it? Graham O'Conner was telling us to practice octave jumps using the diaphram.
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Post by lynsey83 on Oct 25, 2005 10:04:26 GMT
just been to docs and he said not to play for four to six weeks because i've torn diaphragm muscles! combination of playing and a bad cold! got two contests next month!
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Post by Sop brotherston on Oct 25, 2005 12:25:56 GMT
So wot u gonna do. cann't stop playing for 4-6 weeks speacialy with the contests ?? The doc talk rubbish anyway
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Post by lynsey83 on Oct 25, 2005 14:36:41 GMT
ha ha trust me it's sore! will just be takin it easy..take some parts down, delegate high range parts to Johnny and after Borders if it aint any better have a break for a week or so.. guess that's all I can do..
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Post by Sop brotherston on Oct 25, 2005 15:27:33 GMT
Hey just do wot the top principle cornet players do like webster and tht play the solo and leave the rest to the bumper-up lol
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Post by ruthless on Oct 26, 2005 14:05:35 GMT
awww lynsey thats pants!!! hope ure feeling better!
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Post by cornetcheese on Nov 15, 2005 9:46:35 GMT
The best way to build your upper register I found was by long notes through a scale, very gradually adding another note at the top. That way the notes you were originally struggling with become way easier!
When I was younger I had real issues with my upper register, but now it`s not really so much of a problem... God knows how!
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Post by surfer on Nov 28, 2005 17:48:22 GMT
Or use a super small mouthpiece and leave all the bottom notes out ;D
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Post by cornetcheese on Nov 29, 2005 9:06:05 GMT
Or use a super small mouthpiece and leave all the bottom notes out ;D Jesus christ, don`t even joke about that - I`ve known 4 players in the past who have done that and I`m still suffering sleepless nights as a result... It doesn`t matter how high you can play, if it sounds like a cat being raped!!! Trumpet players can get away with it and sometimes sop too, but not for Bb cornet please, at least not when I`m in the same country!
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Post by bruceg on Nov 29, 2005 10:00:18 GMT
It doesn`t matter how high you can play, if it sounds like a cat being raped!!! Isn't it nice to see such beautiful use of technical language? ;D ;D ;D
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Post by kirkie2 on Dec 9, 2005 0:54:27 GMT
Shotts have recently started looking at Images of the Millenium for the Scottish and I'm looking for tips on improving my high register playing, I either lose stamina or my tuning is wild and now is the time to work on it..any advice is welcome! I'd say that you should just keep working hard at it. Practice and repitition is the answer. Nothing else. Get your chops match fit!!!! I look at my Principal cornet and he does that the whole time. The *******. As Roy Castle said "dedication's what you need....." The Arban page 1 is a good place start!!!! Been there myself on more times than i'd care to number!!! Steve.
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