"What do you think is the most neglected aspect of practice or preparation?"
17 pro trumpeters discuss how to practice and prepare better // Episode 8 of 15
That's the question asked to 17 different world class trumpet players from around the world.
Hear what they had to say, improve your practice sessions and supercharge your performances with all of their incredible advice. This is the 8th video in a 15 video series. (originally recorded in 2020) 0:00 Intro 0:14 Guests 0:52 Today's Question 1:08 Ingrid Jensen 2:19 Roger Ingram 5:00 Michael Sachs 10:52 Randy Brecker 13:18 Selina Ott 15:11 Pacho Flores 15:35 Chris Coletti 21:35 Kenny Rampton 23:13 Bijon Watson 26:35 Tine Thing Helseth 29:49 Tage Larsen 30:05 Jose Sibaja 30:21 Bria Skonberg 31:33 Arturo Sandoval 32:32 Lessie Vonner 34:08 Karin Bliznik 36:16 Brian Lynch 37:26 Final thoughts 37:44 My 3 main take away 38:38 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.