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From: sdh@rabbit.UUCP (S. Hawley)
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Subject: Re: wind instruments and even-tempered scales
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Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 22:07:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 12 22:07:11 1984
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I've been studying the trumpet for about 9 years now. After my 5th year
I started to develop decent tone in playing, but the major conquest that
I have yet to overcome is intonation. Even though a B-flat trumpet is
supposedly the easiest trumpet to play in tune, it is still very, very
hard to get the intonation perfect.
  The major adjustments are made by the use of the slides connected to the
valves while playing. Minor adjustments are tough to make with any degree
of accuracy with slides. This is done by 'bending' the note with your lips.
I find that in professional groups the accent is not on the rhythms or such
but rather on being able to listen to each other to adjust the intonation
while playing.

I was in an elite all-state ensemble two years ago, and I remember spending
most of the rehearsal playing passages over and over just to get them in
tune.

One drawback of trumpets is that as you play louder the sound tends to go 
flat. In my case, My higher register tends to go way sharp which can sound
pretty raunchy if I'm playing in octaves.

			"Life.. don't talk to me about life" -Marvin
					Steve Hawley
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