Richard Windslow

Practice Suggestions

Richard is a student of:

• A. Herseth

• V. Chicowicz

• A. Jacobs

• B. Adam

Equipment:

• Bach Stradivarius (lightweight) 43 leadpipe and 43 bell

• Bach 1C rim on a Reeves 43 (with the Reeves sleeve for use with other trumpets)

• see a list of bach users

Fundamentals:

• See the Bill Adam Routine
• See the Leadpipe Buzz page

Fundamental Suggestions:

• Use the leadpipe to warm-up and develop relaxation.
• Fill your lungs from the bottom.
• Avoid the isometric grip in the gut.
• Stay relaxed during inhalation and exhalation.
• Use the lungs like a bellows.
• Blow thorough the notes.
• Do not overblow.
• Less volume; more sound.
• Don't mistake volume for intensity.
• Sing.
• Sound is in the breath.
• The mind can not "will" the body to create a motor function.
• Think only of sound.
• Stay goal oriented.
• Let the sound be your guide.
• Analysis is paralysis.
• Old habits do not disappear. New habits take the place of old. If you are lazy, old habits will take over.
• Stay relaxed but energized.
• Don't force the air.
• Don't hold back the air.

General Practice Suggestions:

• Practice with a friend.
• Play only as high as you can stay relaxed (otherwise you are practicing tension).
• Use transposition as a means for developing range.
• Sing, slam valves, say notes.