FWIW, the virus lock-down hasn't affected my practicing at all. Other stuff, big time. But practicing and music-related activities. - no.

@Vulgano-Brother said in How do you feel about vibrato?:

@administrator I'm conscious of vibrato during rehearsals and practice, but in performance, I concentrate on the whole package, without focusing on the little parts.

Certainly. I would advocate a holistic awareness to our playing. Very few things can improve our playing more quickly.

@j-jericho said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:

I imagine playing the piccolo trumpet and the digideroo each require a slightly different technique.

You are absolutely spot on! I tried to use my standard Bach 7C for both, but every time I inserted it in the Didgeridoo, it fell out the other end along with some termites. Maybe if I had a Mt. Vernon 7C it might have worked better. Perhaps tjcombo, or one of other Australian members could chime in and set me straight.

@jolter Sadist!

@administrator said in New Toy (not a trumpet):

C8? I want one.

It is the C8 with the Z51 Performance package which is top of the line! To be expected from an Engineer employed as a consultant for Wright Patterson Airforce Base.

@dr-go You have beautiful daughters! They don't look like you at all!

@trickg
Hi, Patrick, nice to hear you are getting to play during these difficult times.

George

It's the difference between spelling words out phonetically and recognizing whole words as a single symbol, or even entire phrases. Eventually you start to think in those composite symbols, just like we all know what things like IIRC, LOL, IANAL, OMG etc. which is pretty much when you can apply the fakebooks effectively.

@Bertie said in Christmas Services:

My son was born a week ago, so you know... not much sleep anyway ☺

Hope you were not the one chosen to do the breast feeding! 😋

Congratulations!

@ROWUK said in Fast Tempo and old farts:

@GeorgeB For things at the limit of what I can play (recently 1st trumpet in the orchestra version of Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheherezade), my standard take is to completely memorize the difficult licks. Once I have freed up my eyes, they do not slow my fingers or tongue down any more! 😉

This thing about memorizing difficult licks worked for me on Liberty Bell and now I am using it effectively for other pieces as well. Thanks for that tip, Rowuk.

It don't mean a thing . . .

@Shepherds_Crook
Ironically, MILES AHEAD album is the only time Miles Davis professionally played a flugelhorn!

@IrishTrumpeter
The wah-wah and the growl are great fun but can sound horrible when done wrong. Walton's description of how to do it properly is pretty much how I was taught to do it by a pro player back in the early fifties. The growl, when done alone, can be a really nice touch to a particular piece of music, too.
Sounds like you are having fun. Good for you.