What if it is at the beginning of the piece? Of course, picture that your nerves have gotten a hold of you, and you forget to move the mouthpiece from the BERP back on to the horn...Here comes the High Bnat ...PPFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT.
Whoa Nelly. I doubt that there is a serious substitute for skill, luck, and confidence. Did I mention luck? Seriously though, I am not sure that my high note hit record is better when I play before, it *may* calm my nerves, but I think that I do realistically better by just playing the darn note, and moving on. Life is too short. Zumbas P.S. I would rather shank the high note then have a BERP-tastrophe. And trust me, I know how to shank the high notes very well, thank you. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:34:35 -0700, jim thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've all seen these BERP's for sale for ~$20. But what do they really do > for you? Here's what I'd like it to do for me. I'd like it to occupy a > mouthpiece right off the leadpipe right beside my 'main' mpc in my horn > which I think it was designed to do so, so far no problem. Before coming in > on let's say a high A after 60 measures of adagio rest, at measure 55 or > so of that I'd like to tie into the 'BERP' and so to speak 'warm up' on the > auxillary mpc with the BERP for the next few measures before the actual > entrance comes about. Will a BERP do that? I know I'm not alone in that > entrances are always easier if you've been continually playing, but give it > 5 or 10 minutes rest with the horn on your lap, anxiety build up and all of > a sudden you're saddled at picking out a note out of the stratisphere?..... > it can be a bit 'touchy'. Jim _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
