Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Running before you can walk

In China, about 2 years ago, I bought a trumpet. It's a pocket trumpet, in a lovely case, with a bag to keep it clean and grease for the thingies, you know, all the moving parts. It's really nice.

Today I learned that I can do circular breathing while playing the trumpet. This means I can, potentially, make an infinitely long single note on the trumpet, without running out of air to push through it, and without passing out.

However, I cannot make the trumpet make a nice noise, circular or not, no matter how I try. I can, though, make an infinitely long, horrible, discordant, cacophonous sound. I'll keep practising.

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