It is always a pleasure to watch your tutorials! 🙃 In addition to your tips: In those days my chemistry teacher said "writing means learning." But the very point on this is: I decided to sharpen all my senses, I use all sensory channels as much as possible for learning, even when I practice songs on my alto. E.g. learning the text and singing, that means remember the text, using the tongue to modulate it to right rhythm, hear it with my ears and than storing it back in my brain - "total circle of knowledge". Very important, you already mentioned it, I need to feel the emotional touch and message of the lyrics. And I prefer to listen to many different interpretations or backing tracks of a song. Another recommendation, not for pianists🤣 is walking around, I move myself when practicing on the instrument. Greetings from Munich Thomas 🎷🎶
This method seems so much better than “play these 4 measures x times, then play them without music x times, then do that for the next 4, then put them together, then. . .” That’s the way I was taught in high school, so boring lol. I am definitely going to try this, it makes so much more sense
Thanks! That method will work as well, but in my experience it's actually much more efficient (and more fun) to memorize music this way, and it'll stick in your brain longer, especially if you have a recording to work from. Good luck!
You can and certainly should! After all, the trumpet is a speaker where the player SINGS through the horn. Its about having a preconceived song (or tone) in your mind and trusting the wind to execute it. Its all about song and wind.
That's the goal! The more you do these kinds of exercises, the more you connect what you're hearing in your head with what it feels like to play it on the instrument. Usually I find that if I'm struggling with playing a melody, it's because I'm not clearly hearing it in my head, but if I can sing the melody, I can play it on trumpet.
Ha! In theory you could attach the music to a negative emotion like hate or sadness and get similar results, but I wouldn't recommend taking that route intentionally.
IIn my opinion , would say that it's advisable to master the tune so well that you can use your attention to be mindful of what is happening and to communicate with the other musicians, instead of using your attention to read the tune.
Hey Horacio, three things: As DeAgua mentioned, I think memorizing music allows you to be maximally attentive to the musical environment happening around you in the moment. Second, in many musical contexts it is expected that you'll be able to play a bunch of tunes from memory. Unless I'm playing in a big band or playing original music, all of my jazz gigs and half of wedding gigs, etc. are expected to be done without written music, and it would be odd to bring sheet music to a jazz, bluegrass, blues, etc. jam session. Third, it always looks super professional when a band on stage has all the music memorized.
It is always a pleasure to watch your tutorials! 🙃
In addition to your tips: In those days my chemistry teacher said "writing means learning."
But the very point on this is: I decided to sharpen all my senses, I use all sensory channels as much as possible for learning, even when I practice songs on my alto.
E.g. learning the text and singing, that means remember the text, using the tongue to modulate it to right rhythm, hear it with my ears and than storing it back in my brain - "total circle of knowledge".
Very important, you already mentioned it, I need to feel the emotional touch and message of the lyrics.
And I prefer to listen to many different interpretations or backing tracks of a song.
Another recommendation, not for pianists🤣 is walking around, I move myself when practicing on the instrument.
Greetings from Munich
Thomas 🎷🎶
Fun and didactic as always, thanks Bob for the useful tips!
Excellent content as always bob! Greetings from Brazil
This method seems so much better than “play these 4 measures x times, then play them without music x times, then do that for the next 4, then put them together, then. . .” That’s the way I was taught in high school, so boring lol. I am definitely going to try this, it makes so much more sense
Thanks! That method will work as well, but in my experience it's actually much more efficient (and more fun) to memorize music this way, and it'll stick in your brain longer, especially if you have a recording to work from. Good luck!
I definitely had an emotional moment watching this video 😂!
OMG, you've blown a fortune on those expensive special effects, but it was all worth it. Fantastic voyage
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One question I have is, can you think of a tune in your head and pretty much play it on the trumpet?
Can you sing a tune through the trumpet?
Yes I do it most
You can and certainly should! After all, the trumpet is a speaker where the player SINGS through the horn. Its about having a preconceived song (or tone) in your mind and trusting the wind to execute it. Its all about song and wind.
That's the goal! The more you do these kinds of exercises, the more you connect what you're hearing in your head with what it feels like to play it on the instrument. Usually I find that if I'm struggling with playing a melody, it's because I'm not clearly hearing it in my head, but if I can sing the melody, I can play it on trumpet.
Hey bob
Would you memorize the melody of the whole track and start outlining the harmony? Or would you do it in chunks🤔
There must be a hate-learning at well where you hate a piece of music so much that you never forget it for the rest of your life.
Ha! In theory you could attach the music to a negative emotion like hate or sadness and get similar results, but I wouldn't recommend taking that route intentionally.
Just curious: why reading music in a gig wouldn’t be recommended? Open to hear anyone opinion.
IIn my opinion , would say that it's advisable to master the tune so well that you can use your attention to be mindful of what is happening and to communicate with the other musicians, instead of using your attention to read the tune.
@@DeAguaMusic thanks for your answer, very useful!
Hey Horacio, three things: As DeAgua mentioned, I think memorizing music allows you to be maximally attentive to the musical environment happening around you in the moment. Second, in many musical contexts it is expected that you'll be able to play a bunch of tunes from memory. Unless I'm playing in a big band or playing original music, all of my jazz gigs and half of wedding gigs, etc. are expected to be done without written music, and it would be odd to bring sheet music to a jazz, bluegrass, blues, etc. jam session. Third, it always looks super professional when a band on stage has all the music memorized.
if i had neuro pathways. childhood brain injury. thats actually trying to do i dont remember what i read or hear.
The only way I can memorize a piece of music is to train myself to pre-hear intervals, mostly.