Re: Subject: [Harp-L] sax-trumpet cross training

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I actually began my foray into music with an ocarina (age 6 1/2). At 9 I got a Marine Band. But that was run over by a street car. At 12 1/2 I got a chromatic. At 16 I tried clarinet. At 21, trumpet. At 25, guitar. At 31 I tried sax and at 36, flute. And at 43 accordion. The easiest was trumpet and if not for the 1989 Camp Hill prison riot, where my face was shattered, I would probably still play it. I have NO formal training and picked up everything OJT (on the job training). 

So, what happened was that master Kip wrote me a long message off list and explained it all to me in detail. And He was correct. It's all my fault. lolol

smo-joe

On May 2, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Cljdm@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hey hey,
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> Only the theory I learned when  I played sax and clarinet helps me. Oh, and that I probably blow too hard into all three instruments when I play.
> Best to yas,
> Chris Mastakas
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> In a message dated 5/2/2014 2:16:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I was a trumpet player. But I currently only play some clarinet. I never found any correlation. Like I speak 3 languages..and they are all different. Maybe something wrong with me.
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> smo-joe
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> > player of music, mostly written by dead people and played on a toy that everybody's Uncle except my nephew's has the good sense to keep safely out of sight in a drawer.
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