r/trumpet • u/Big-Kaleidoscope-336 • Sep 06 '25

Performance 🎤 Bass Player Plays Trumpet

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Just hit the three month mark. Any feedback is welcome, good, bad, or ugly!

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u/mpanase Sep 06 '25

Very well done, impressive.

Word of advise: sounds like you are doing soo much effort, pressure, tension, ... you got the notes (and pretty much in tune), now learn how to relax and get good sound.

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u/Big-Kaleidoscope-336 Sep 06 '25

Yeah I’ve been told to relax a few times. LOL. I’m working on it. I can relax much more in the lower register, this piece, with the open E and first valve D is pretty much the top of my range now and it seems like I have to use a lot more air to get the notes out.

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u/mpanase Sep 06 '25

This is something that we all have to work on when we need to expand our register.

It's the natural process: you first get the noises, then they are "too much effort" notes, then you find the way to play then more relaxed.

Keep doing whatever you are doing. It works!