Last night, the heat actually rose. Normally of course it cools down but nope, it went from 82 in here to 87 at midnight. Air masses on the move ....
I was up at 3:30 and it's hot, 88 or 89 in here, and the ventilator things on top of the building are screeching away which means it's super windy out there. Also air quality's not too good and with it being Labor Day everything's closed so it's another stay-in day.
Last night I did a practice which again, went well, and more practice on the shofar. It's really a just about zero mouthpiece pressure thing and it's amazing when I think about all the gimmicks trumpeters have come up with over the years to try to teach students or themselves to use a very light mouthpiece pressure. Students of trumpet, like in colleges or music schools like Julliard, are required to study the "natural trumpet" which is just a bugle with a high price tag, but why not learn the shofar? It would teach them more about embouchure than the "natural trumpet" does about harmonics, I think.
Because it was so bloody hot and I didn't feel like packing, at least I listed 10 things on Ebay.
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