alks
Member
This is quite bizzare but i wondered how often players suffer the 'strange day' or total inability to play syndrome.
Ive noticed some days that i pick up my cornet and procede to have a practice and then - Arrggh - i sound awful and struggle to play anything at all. This happens roughly once a month. It just happens and theres now explanation for it. The whole week i could go to band pracice then practive at home regularly --fine. The suddenly a day when you loose all your playing abilities and sound like you've just picked up the cornet for the first time. These are the symtoms:
1. Tone Sounds rough, wheezy and gritty - generally awful.
2. Struggle to play easy notes.
3. Struggle to play any notes...
4. Tripple and double tongueing is suddenly a no go area.
5. Playing from red hym book is a struggle.
6. High notes are not possible at all.
The only solution is to not practice and wait until tommorow..then everythings back to normal and your happy again. I thought it might be because of me 'overdoing the practice' but it has happened with a day gap between my last practice.
But what if this were to happen on a practice night? or worse a concert ? or worse still a contest? Whats the solution ? whats going on? what excuse can you use?
Any one else suffer ? or is it just me?.
Alks
Ive noticed some days that i pick up my cornet and procede to have a practice and then - Arrggh - i sound awful and struggle to play anything at all. This happens roughly once a month. It just happens and theres now explanation for it. The whole week i could go to band pracice then practive at home regularly --fine. The suddenly a day when you loose all your playing abilities and sound like you've just picked up the cornet for the first time. These are the symtoms:
1. Tone Sounds rough, wheezy and gritty - generally awful.
2. Struggle to play easy notes.
3. Struggle to play any notes...
4. Tripple and double tongueing is suddenly a no go area.
5. Playing from red hym book is a struggle.
6. High notes are not possible at all.
The only solution is to not practice and wait until tommorow..then everythings back to normal and your happy again. I thought it might be because of me 'overdoing the practice' but it has happened with a day gap between my last practice.
But what if this were to happen on a practice night? or worse a concert ? or worse still a contest? Whats the solution ? whats going on? what excuse can you use?
Any one else suffer ? or is it just me?.
Alks