"How do you deal with the ever increasing distractions with practice?"
17 pro trumpeters give practice tips on dealing with distractions // Episode 7 of 15
That's the question I asked 17 different world class trumpet players from around the world.
Hear what they had to say, and take control of your time and practice sessions with all of their incredible advice.
This is the 7th video in a 15 video series. (originally recorded in 2020)
0:00 Intro 0:21 Guests 0:37 Today's Question 1:12 Chris Coletti 3:06 Arturo Sandoval 4:18 Jose Sibaja 6:47 Selina Ott 9:11 Randy Brecker 11:15 Karin Bliznik 12:44 Brian Lynch 16:48 Tine Thing Helseth 18:45 Michael Sachs 22:57 Bria Skonberg 23:45 Pacho Flores 24:46 Tage Larsen 25:23 Roger Ingram 26:29 Kenny Rampton 28:06 Ingrid Jensen 31:38 Bijon Watson 32:46 Lessie Vonner 34:27 Final thoughts 34:47 My main take away 36:12 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.