<![CDATA[Even with my current low mood and lack of any motivation at all, I am still practicing trumpet.]]>Even with my current low mood and lack of any motivation at all, I am still practicing trumpet. I have been focusing on an embouchure adjustment. I need to get it working for low notes. And then there are a couple of lines in the etude I'm working on that are hard to play musically.

I also played bassoon for the first time in forever. I'm in no shape to play Milde but I'm starting with #1 anyway.

]]>https://a440.social/topic/1a433133-aca4-4e34-b11d-8d0fc0c4db8d/even-with-my-current-low-mood-and-lack-of-any-motivation-at-all-i-am-still-practicing-trumpet.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 22:45:42 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2026 20:08:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Even with my current low mood and lack of any motivation at all, I am still practicing trumpet. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:31:23 GMT]]>@ambientspace I think so, but I haven't figured out how exactly to do it in practice

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://musicians.today/users/DuchessOfSnork/statuses/116683353818795568https://a440.social/post/https://musicians.today/users/DuchessOfSnork/statuses/116683353818795568Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:31:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Even with my current low mood and lack of any motivation at all, I am still practicing trumpet. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:44:21 GMT]]>@DuchessOfSnork do trumpet players do a similar manoeuvre to French Horn players, where you drop your jaw slightly to access the lower register?

On F Horn I drop my jaw progressively from middle C to low G and more into low C. Almost as if you were saying “eee” into “aww”.

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