Bb trumpeting
Today I managed to play a harmonic scale from trumpet's 3C down to small F or so (at least down to 1C for sure, small octave does not sound good all the time, I rarely can quickly 'change' the lips...
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Today I managed to play a harmony scale upto trumpet 3c (2Bb on piano?), even multiple times. Usually I do not have enough air in the lungs though. Playing it descending was simpler, but yet in the...
View ArticleJamming the bits
Collegues in the neighbour office formed (and play right now :) a small band consisting of piano, bass and drums. All electronics. Sometimes they play really interesting compositions formed out of...
View ArticleDeveloping a hearing
Today I believe I played my best sound - it was just what I always wanted to hear. Trumpet sounds were so voiced, clear and had sharp attack, that I even thought I reached the edge I set for myself. As...
View ArticleTrumpeting in Bb
Today I managed to play (piano tune) small C and 3C, the latter in a downstairs scale to 2F or so. I was able to play it multiple times although never in upstairs scale, and frankly I do not like the...
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My trumpet playing quality
- How was that playing? - Hmm, a... Kind of 16 bits Nothing particulary cool, but I'm just warming :) Will try again in a few moments, when people start going home. EDITED TO ADD another couple...
View Article3G
No, it is not cellular network generation, it the highest sound I was able to play. Today. And even couple of harminic scales from 2F up to 3C/2G. Still usually can not play higher than 2F in the...
View ArticleThe scale
I have a good contact with at least 3 musicians who finished musical schools and college in the past, and at least one of them still plays (in the neighbour room in the office). They all saw my...
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Raping ears with the tones
Listened second composition from the office band set (mp3) - it is the one I especially like. Decided to pick it out by tunes and play solo on trumpet. They frequently play in the neighbour office and...
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Wanna improvise
I got the shape when I can play about 5-7 scales in different tonalities (I play major ones, since it happend that minor is the same but one third lower), know what are the stable sounds (not always...
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What to do in office on weekend
One would say to program programs. That's what I mostly do the other days. I sometimes do that at home too, but usually I play trumpet and piano there. And sometimes I do it in the office, especially...
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Trumpet mutes
My new trumpet mutes arrived past weekend and I did not miss the chance to try them all. I have three mutes now: two silent and a harmon one for two trumpets. There is an analog silent mute, so called...
View ArticleThe first trumpet record: phtshtph
It sounds similar to that 'word' actually. I used Yamaha silent brass system with its inner mic and preamp. Even when connected to headphones it sounded not how trumpet sounds in a real life, so...
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Sound the Trumpet
Finished reading the book. Sound the Trumpet: How to blow your own horn Actually I expected a little bit more new information. So effectively this is a book for the very beginning, I regret I did not...
View ArticleTo listen
Office band (Highpower, Viert and Narn, all in russian) gives a live concert today, which is available on-line at http://home.narn.pp.ru:8090/yandex.mp3. Very cool soft jazz with the mixture of jamming...
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Office band live concerts
Office band with cool page, embedded player and stream link now. They (highpower (bass), viert (keyboards) and narn (drums)) perform smooth jazz and improvisation live and page has an appropiate...
View ArticleRecent life happenings in one post
No computers and filesystems, only so called lytdybr. I hide it under the cut since there are photos and a lot of text there.
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Week from lytdybr point of view
I suppose I will start new format for the small events unrelated to hacking. I will accumulate them into once-per-week post with some descriptions. First, sport. I climb two times per week and see that...
View ArticleI am a musician
A fucking bad musician actually, but I learn... Yes, there are harminies and scales, accords and arpeggios and so on, which I study every day as well as practicing my trumpet itself. And I have quite...
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Python piano
Spent several hours to write a trivial piano emulator using Python. I do not have a book so just googled whatever did not work: apparently all newbie problems are already solved. I used PyQt bindings...
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