Warmed up with mouthpiece sirens, then 22 beat long tones at 60BPM, C down to F# chromatically. Bend exercise then Stamps followed. Noticing much better air/breath control. Practicing with Shhhhhmute so tonal improvements are difficult to ascertain at this point, but things feel better. Also did chromatic lip slur exercise (C, G, F#, B…, G, C, B, F#…). After this took the flow study I’ve been working on at 76bpm. Made it to all but the last passage without error. Will run that passage more then try this study at 80bpm next week. Concluded this session running the first Minuetto again. I do not yet quite have the chops to get through this, but it is sounding smoother and smoother. Warmed down with long tones and pedal tones.
I want to get back to being able to play the Takemitsu Paths. I want to revisit my paper on the piece as well. I also would like to get to a point where I can start composing more weather pieces for the trumpet.
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