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RE: Lifelong musician, beginning trumpeter
@flugelgirl said in Lifelong musician, beginning trumpeter:
Welcome! I totally understand the frustration of starting a new instrument, though my journey is the opposite of yours! I started ukulele a month ago, but have been getting paid to play the trumpet for 35yrs, and they are nothing alike! What is the same, though, is understanding how to practice efficiently and fit it in your schedule. I hope you have a lot of fun! I certainly am having fun with uke, even though Iām still kind of terrible!
Benny Golson gave a clinic in '04 for the defunct IAJE. He took questions.
Mine was about instruments that the jazz vocab doesn't quite lay on---like guitar---and therefore have a steeper learning curve.
Benny's answer broke me up: 'I loved the guitar so much I bought one. But the learning curve turned out so steep I sold it!'...