"How do you get into the zone before a performance?"
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:
"How do you get into the zone before a performance?"
This is the 5th video in a 15 video series. (originally recorded in 2020)
0:00 Intro 0:23 Guests 0:48 Question 1:00 Arturo Sandoval 2:51 Pacho Flores 3:20 Lessie Vonner 4:15 Michael Sachs 10:13 Kenny Rampton 11:52 Ingrid Jensen 15:06 Karin Bliznik 18:12 Randy Brecker 18:52 Roger Ingram 21:09 Selina Ott 22:02 Bijon Watson 23:53 Brian Lynch 25:06 Tage Larsen 26:04 Tine Thing Helseth 28:47 Bria Skonberg 30:01 Jose Sibaja 32:24 Chris Coletti 35:13 Final thoughts and main take-aways 35:47 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.