OMG! This is such a wonderful video. It covers so much of importance! Not just to be applied to Clarke, but really, most any piece or etude! thank you. This is truly a treasure...... thanks....
Thanks for taking the time to watch and to comment. I'm making these for the small fellowship of trumpet players in the world who recognize that we are always learning and never arrive
Once more.... You are entirely welcome 😌 and, as I have probably requested previously, if you are aware of others that you feel would benefit from the content I have posted so far, please generously share my channel with them, thanks! It's folks like you who are devoted practitioners of our art that I am hoping to reach.
I appreciate your enthusiasm! Personally, when it comes to teaching, I tend to "over-eat" and "over-feed" so please take your time, chew and digest, then work out in your practice what you have worked in through listening. That way you will be building instead of bloating 😆
These are mostly old videos. I am not technically proficient with audio/video so there is a lot of variety in quality but I hope you can overlook the flaws. Looking past flaws to see possibilities is the way to hope.
@@stevenemerytrumpet4095 oh, I’m not hung up on or looking for flaws. I hope you don’t feel I’m being critical, Steve! I’m just observing things that catch my ear. Hoping my meager feedback might help. FYI you’re in my head - in both word and sound - now as I do my daily Clarkes! Love your approach to both playing and teaching.
Trying to follow the, "practice each exercise eight to sixteen times in one breath," instruction makes the exercises in the first study rather challenging.
Of course it's challenging :-). Maintaining free, easy, steady, flow with continuous forward motion, all the way to the end of the breath and then to be able to instantaneously inhale fully, very quickly and gracefully is the main thing that Clarke was trying to cultivate with his exercises. Make sure you are cultivating skill and grace, not just the mechanical ability to squeeze out the last teaspoon of air :-)
@@stevenemerytrumpet4095 The difficulty left me questioning what he meant by a repetition. Since each exercise showed two repetitions of the same figure, I questioned whether or not he was counting that as two repetitions or not, I never got a satisfactory answer. Regardless, I tended to max out at five or six repetitions of the printed four measures when playing at the slowest listed tempo. Right now, I'm working on reestablishing my practical range after 5 years of not really playing (I was still doing music, I just didn't have time for trumpet, teaching and organ were taking up all of my time), so my current goal is clean transitions between notes rather than speed. I wish I had my current practice habits (going for quality rather than quantity, practicing problem intervals and phrases rather than just repeating the whole exercise, spending just a much time testing as playing, etc) at a much younger age.
Hi Karl, what is most necessary in practice is to become a child. Everything is interesting. You are experiencing so much but don't yet understand much. There is a sense of wonder and infinite possibility for discovering something new. This child state is a choice and a learned state of mind. The key is to give yourself permission to enjoy experiencing everything; good/bad, ugly beautiful, it's all life. When you notice yourself quantifying, analyzing, controlling, condemning, demanding...... just chill, and come back to being a kid again!
One thing Clarke taught according to Claude Gordon is the directions in the book are for the 3rd or 4th time through the book the first time is mp slow to get accurate fingers before focusing on speed and repetitions in one breath
“Enjoy the process”…such a great thing to hold close to one’s playing.❤
Thanks for continuing to follow. Yes, a great thing to remember in life 😉
@@stevenemerytrumpet4095 always been a challenge for this boy….
This very helpful. Just finished Clark's first study for the day.
Thanks for letting me know. Take your time and keep going. ☺️
I have and will gladly continue to do so.
Thanks Kas!
OMG! This is such a wonderful video. It covers so much of importance! Not just to be applied to Clarke, but really, most any piece or etude! thank you. This is truly a treasure...... thanks....
Thanks for taking the time to watch and to comment. I'm making these for the small fellowship of trumpet players in the world who recognize that we are always learning and never arrive
Amen to that. Ghitalla used to tell me we start every session with working on the foundation
More videos Steven
an amazing energy , beautiful , inspirational , incandescent !
Thanks so much for your comments 😌
👍Once more, thanks!
Once more.... You are entirely welcome 😌 and, as I have probably requested previously, if you are aware of others that you feel would benefit from the content I have posted so far, please generously share my channel with them, thanks! It's folks like you who are devoted practitioners of our art that I am hoping to reach.
I can’t believe I found your videos! So great! I’ll be bingeing …
I appreciate your enthusiasm! Personally, when it comes to teaching, I tend to "over-eat" and "over-feed" so please take your time, chew and digest, then work out in your practice what you have worked in through listening. That way you will be building instead of bloating 😆
Some really great tips and ideas. thanks so much. Only discovered your channel this week
Thanks Stephen. Take your time and see if you can make some of these things your own. Thanks for your support!
Breath dynamic at 5:40 was NOT compressed. Your dynamic came through as clear as can be.😊
These are mostly old videos. I am not technically proficient with audio/video so there is a lot of variety in quality but I hope you can overlook the flaws. Looking past flaws to see possibilities is the way to hope.
@@stevenemerytrumpet4095 oh, I’m not hung up on or looking for flaws. I hope you don’t feel I’m being critical, Steve! I’m just observing things that catch my ear. Hoping my meager feedback might help. FYI you’re in my head - in both word and sound - now as I do my daily Clarkes! Love your approach to both playing and teaching.
Trying to follow the, "practice each exercise eight to sixteen times in one breath," instruction makes the exercises in the first study rather challenging.
Of course it's challenging :-). Maintaining free, easy, steady, flow with continuous forward motion, all the way to the end of the breath and then to be able to instantaneously inhale fully, very quickly and gracefully is the main thing that Clarke was trying to cultivate with his exercises. Make sure you are cultivating skill and grace, not just the mechanical ability to squeeze out the last teaspoon of air :-)
@@stevenemerytrumpet4095 The difficulty left me questioning what he meant by a repetition. Since each exercise showed two repetitions of the same figure, I questioned whether or not he was counting that as two repetitions or not, I never got a satisfactory answer. Regardless, I tended to max out at five or six repetitions of the printed four measures when playing at the slowest listed tempo. Right now, I'm working on reestablishing my practical range after 5 years of not really playing (I was still doing music, I just didn't have time for trumpet, teaching and organ were taking up all of my time), so my current goal is clean transitions between notes rather than speed. I wish I had my current practice habits (going for quality rather than quantity, practicing problem intervals and phrases rather than just repeating the whole exercise, spending just a much time testing as playing, etc) at a much younger age.
Hi Karl, what is most necessary in practice is to become a child. Everything is interesting. You are experiencing so much but don't yet understand much. There is a sense of wonder and infinite possibility for discovering something new. This child state is a choice and a learned state of mind. The key is to give yourself permission to enjoy experiencing everything; good/bad, ugly beautiful, it's all life. When you notice yourself quantifying, analyzing, controlling, condemning, demanding...... just chill, and come back to being a kid again!
@@stevenemerytrumpet4095 Wow! This is such wisdom! I’ll be remembering this one and being a child.
One thing Clarke taught according to Claude Gordon is the directions in the book are for the 3rd or 4th time through the book the first time is mp slow to get accurate fingers before focusing on speed and repetitions in one breath