[Trombone-l] pitch

[ALEX ILES]

Hi Bruce and all,

First of all...

You present a topic which is difficult for any of us to address without 
seeing or listening to you play first hand [also not knowing how long 
you have been playing, how much you practice, etc].It might be a good 
idea to share your observations with an experienced and qualified 
teaching pro in your area.

Having said that...the following is just one person's limited 
perspective...

What you are experiencing might not be a problem at all. In fact, 
something good might be going on with your playing.

It sounds like you're putting more air/sound into your horn. I have 
witnessed many students [myself included] go through a "sharp" phase 
now and then when they are starting to blow differently and/or with 
more confidence. Your mentioning that you are "working out of 
Schlossberg lately" may not be trivial at all. If you have been doing 
tone studies such as these regularly and correctly, then that, along 
with your recent switches in equipment might be causing these pitch 
changes.

Give it all some time. I have seen many students eventually find their 
"center" again when their face adjusts to these different types of 
"newness" [chops, air, equipment].

Your pitch might fall back close to the way it was in a just a few 
weeks. Maybe it won't completely. I personally don' t think it's really 
that big a deal to have your tuning slide pulled out a little bit more 
than before. New is not necessarily bad!!

Good luck,

Alex
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On Feb 28, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Bruce Faske wrote:

> Here's something to break the doldrums...
>
> I recently switched over from an Edwards T-350 to a
> Greenhoe Bach 42.  I'm using the same mouthpiece, a
> Greg Black 4.5G/5GS, but since I've settled into the
> horn, I'm having to pull the main tuning slide out
> almost double where it was on the Edwards.  I would
> chalk it up to a different horn, but I went back to
> the Edwards and I had to pull it out more, too.  I
> even went to a buddy's horn and I had to pull that
> tuning slide out, too.
>
> I've always been taught to not fish with the face, but
> to adjust the slide to as close as I can and work from
> there.
>
> I don't really see it as a problem, but should I?  Is
> it the start of something bigger?  I've been working
> out of the Scholossberg book lately...it's pretty much
> the only new playing that I'm doing.
>
>
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