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Practice Log 2

 I have been working on it for a few days

Yesterday I practiced and choked on high C, but I reached C# above it.

Today, I went to up to B flat below high C comfortably with the Benge 3c mouthpiece.  The scale work seems to help. 

I am finding that I have to actually concentrate on both my lips and my fingering to get it right which is something I didn't think much about when I was actually playing back in college.  That may have been my problem.

Sometimes you have to sort of "zen" everything else away and concentrate just on lips, fingering and breath control.  That's going to be my focus for awhile. When I start to get more comfortable, I will persue doubletonguing.

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Practice Log 1

Did some amagios(not sure how that's spelled) and did them with a little bit more confidence as a result of the aforementioned lip training.

Did a few scales up to top line f major without choking;  The valves seem a little hesitant even after using blue juice;  may need to give the horn a bath this weekend.

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Trying to pick up the horn and get back to playing it again, so I am going to keep a log of it here.  So far, the easiest thing to do without being able to play at the office(which can't be done) is to (1) buzz and (2) hold a pencil in your lips every day for about 4 minutes(later on its less).

"Pops" McLintock seems to recommend this routine everyday to improve the embouchure.

Here's a link to his site

http://www.bbtrumpet.com/improve.html