"Advice for a younger version of yourself?"
In this video you hear one question answered by 17 different world class trumpet players from around the world.
The question for today's video is: "What advice would you give a younger version of yourself?"
This is the 5th video in a 15 video series. (originally recorded in 2020)
0:00 Intro 0:16 Guests 0:57 Question 1:14 Lessie Vonner 2:43 Bijon Watson 4:41 Karin Bliznik 6:55 Jose Sibaja 8:05 Pacho Flores 8:24 Brian Lynch 11:08 Bria Skonberg 11:50 Michael Sachs 14:09 Tage Larsen 14:32 Ingrid Jensen 17:29 Kenny Rampton 17:40 Roger Ingram 20:46 Selina Ott 22:05 Chris Coletti 24:13 Tine Thing Helseth 25:04 Randy Brecker 27:32 Arturo Sandoval 29:08 Final thoughts and main take-aways 30:04 Next video's question
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Warning: This étude is HARD.
Florestan, the 6th movement from Robert Schumann’s famous (and EPIC) piano work, Carnaval, is not the first piece you might want to make into a trumpet étude, but after recording it with Canadian Brass on this album here, I couldn’t help but play as many of the parts as possible, trying to fill in as many of the moving lines I could. This evolved into the etude below–definitely one of the most difficult I’ve ever arranged.
If you think you might want to take a crack at it, I’m practically giving it away (you can download it for just $3).
I’m also hosting a contest to see who (if anyone) can make musical sense of it. Enter to win by recording a video and posting it anywhere on the internet. Just be sure to use the humble hashtag #BestEtudeEver so I can find it.
The prize is negotiable (i.e. it’s up to the winner!) but will be cool, I promise.
Some trumpet tips:
Keep it easy. This étude is all over the map; play nice and light or risk ruining your chops forever (hehe, dramatic, I know)
Focus on the contrasting musical styles–tyhey change quiet frequently and sporadically. Listen to a sample of Canadian Brass’ version below.
Good luck!
-Chris
PS You might also like Coquette, another difficult etude from Carnaval.