If you're like me, you get tired of following the rules. Especially if there doesn't seem to be a point to them. Who made these rules anyway? Play without pressure, center the mouthpiece, don't purse your lips, practice till the cows come home, every day.
When my job was mainly to follow the rules, and not to make them, I got really tired of it. I wanted to rewrite all these do's and don'ts just to feel free again. After years of stubborn resistance and landing in ditches, I finally came round to an appreciation of THE RULES. I was going to say a whole new perspective, but then realized that was stretching the truth. In fact, even though I now teach many of the same rules I chafed against the most, I still struggle with the decision to start a new day of reminding my body how it plays the trumpet. How does it happen that a rule breaker becomes a rule "enforcer"? |
GlendaI'm a trumpet player and music teacher aiming in this blog to help other Trumpeters, Music Enthusiasts, Music Educators, and aspiring professionals reach their highest potential in life through the study and cultivation of musical skills. Music Education
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