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Sun, 07 Sep 2008

Trumpeting in C.

Or is it correct to write 'trumpeting in Bb'? When I play some piano notes from the original scripts, it sounds as expected (maybe lower because of the trumpet pitch, what I'm trying to figure out), but I wonder, if playing the same note in trumpet pitch is correct? For example trumpet C is actually a piano Bb, so when I see C note in the piano script I play trumpet C, which produces Bb sound, which may be wrong.

Another problem is melodies where sound flows between two octaves in single part. When I play 'He's a pirate' from small octave to the first one, it sounds good, but when I rise to the first to second octave, I rarely can play second F and higher (well, I rarely play higher single sound than 2F anyway), although I can quite reliably produce single 2F, maybe even 2G if not too tired.
But not in a melody.
Actually I can play a scale upto and down from 2F easily, but not when previous sounds do not form a simple ascending or descending sequence. Of course I understan that my several month old 'skills' are not mature yet, but would like to find where the problem is. Everyday 1-1.5 hours exercises just make lips tired, looks like progress stalls.
Need to check Louis Maggio's brass book for the answers :)

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