I did. My folks had an old York trumpets around the house. One day while in the 7th grade I became inspired listening to some Bix on old 78s. I picked up the trumpet and started. This was in '61. I could read a little music from earlier piano lessons. There had been a school band in the town years before, but it folded. One of my sisters wrote my out a fingering chart as best as she could remember from playing clarinet. I learned mostly alternate fingerings. For me, Bb was all three valves, D was 1st/3rd in any octaves. One day the other sister heard me trying to play repeated notes. "Why don't you tongue those?" she I asked. I had no idea what she meant...lol. After a while, the former director began coming back to his music store in town on Saturdays. I took some lessons and got a beginner book from him. When I hit 9th grade our school re-started band. I went on to major in music in college, get my BA, MME, Specialist all in music/music ed and taught for 40 years.
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How many of you taught yourself to play?
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RE: A Minor Miracle
It has removed the smell of musicians who formerly played on it!!!
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RE: Any recent experience on resuming playing after CAGS?
I, too, have recovered from a triple by-pass. It was a shocking diagnosis for me because I had very little in the way of symptoms. I just took it easy regarding playing. What got me was that I developed a tooth infection and that is quite dangerous for a by-pass patient. I lost my two front bottom teeth. Playing with a partial plate is ok, but different. My embouchure had to be adjusted a little.
EVERYONE READING THIS: GET YOURSELF CHECKED! DON'T LET A HEART PROBLEM SURPRISE YOU!! NOT EVERYONE FEELS A SYMPTOM. -
RE: Differences between grades of instruments
I recall when beginner instruments had no first valve thumb saddle, and the third valve slide always had an adjustable throw ring that could be removed for a lyre.
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RE: Played high school trumpet
@dr-go said in Played high school trumpet:
What I most loved about high school band... is dating clarinet players. That's what REALLY developed my embouchure.
Yeah. I married one
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RE: Julian Zimmermann has started a new series on the history of the trumpet
Dr. Downing, 26th NC Regt. Band, sent me several of that group's recordings several years ago. I discovered "Butcher's and Drover's March" in a museum here in Arkansas and provided it to him. The band's arranger produced a band arrangement from the piano score and the 6th performed it. The march was from 1860's Philadelphia and composed by the first black band leader in the city. I believe his name was Johnson. I ran the Ark. 5th Regt. Band for a few years. We played in 4 states and performed for the national SCV convention. Never could afford replica instruments, but the Robb Stewart horns looked great.
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RE: glad there's no fighting here
You can't fight in here. This is the War Room. (some will know )
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Cichowicz Flow Studies as warm-up
These have been almost the first thing of the day I play since 1970. Then I go to tonguing, then some scales, Clarke. How about you all?
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RE: What Is Your Favorite Version of the National Anthem?
My current favorite vocal performance - [link text]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3jcDNijz5o&list=RDx3jcDNijz5o&start_radio=1(link url)
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RE: Detroit Symphony DSO Replay is free for a while
That "Russian Sailor's Dance" in the encores section was very fine
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RE: 5-bell Schilke Comparison video!
I saw that yesterday and enjoyed it. I really liked the B5 bell
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RE: Having to play in too many sharps?
Use a C trumpet, take it down a step and add 2 flats.
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RE: Ed Tarr, RIP
@Bob-Pixley Sad, sad news. His recording of the Hummel is the one I prefer.
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RE: HELP! Corona has struck...
Use "Corrosion Cracker". I watched a tech use it to loosen a stuck slide on my Schilke and have kept some around ever since.
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RE: Personality and Taste in Classical Music
I have developed the quadrangle so we can give up the triangle and still enjoy the 'ding'.