@Dr-Mark said in Range Improvement:
@Dr-GO said in Range Improvement:
In this case, Dr. Mark.... You need more practice!
You sure got that right. Heck, I was with her just last night and she leaned over and said, "kiss me where it stinks" so I took her to Tampa. Man was she pissed. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong!
You two doctors are a riot.
In reading JorgePD's post his comeback after 40 years and not being able to play an A above the staff after a year, I realized I must have done the right thing in my comeback after 50 years.
What I did was learn to play the trumpet all over again, using the trumpet tutorial book my teacher recommended back in 1953: The Everette James Trumpet/Cornet Tutorial. Yep, Everette is Harry's dad. The book is a little tattered today but it did the job for me back then and did the job for me again in 2016. I don't recall exactly how long it took me to get to a daily high C but I do know it wasn't much more than 3 months. The tutorial triggered the memories of what I had learned about technique, style and the rest of that stuff, and all the exercises and etudes, got me on the right track. I started my comeback in March of 2016 and was playing with the local Seniors Horizons band by September when they started their Fall/ winter term. The second year back I took a few lessons with a local teacher who helped me find the correct mouthpiece because that was my biggest problem. I was probably lucky in getting started again on my own, but there did come that time when professional help was needed. So I am glad to hear that JorgePD got that pro help he needed.
