Latin Spice
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Mike LovattMike Lovatt adds Latin flavour to the end of the tune, using a big crescendo and crisp tongued articulation on the closing short notes.
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Adding Latin Flavor to Your Playing
You may have noticed that towards the end of that last section, I added some Latin flavor to one particular note.
Key Points to Remember
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Quaver Tied into a Dotted Minim:
Two bars before the end, there's a quaver tied into a dotted minim. At that point, I hit that note to give it some spice and did a big crescendo into the last short. -
Three Short Notes:
When you play those short notes at the end, make sure that the last one especially has:- Good articulation
- A good amount of tongue
Tongue Technique
- D D D Sound:
Use the D D D sound of the tongue. The feel of the tongue helps make the note have a fatter sound.
Timing the Last Note
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Ensure that the note is directly on the fourth beat of the bar.
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As you're counting in twos with a two-beat feel, think of it as:
Two and da da da.
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We go directly onto that beat and hopefully place it exactly with the rhythm section in the same Latin feel.
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Mike Lovatt studied at Trinity College of Music, where he was awarded the Jon Kelly Jazz Scholarship. He has performed and recorded across a huge range of styles with artists including Quincy Jones, Robbie Williams, Eric Clapton, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Buble, Oasis, Michel Legrand, Tony Bennett, Shirley Bassey and Danny Elfman, among many others.
As Principal Trumpet in London's West End, Mike has performed in Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Producers, Billy Elliot, Guys and Dolls, Saturday Night Fever, My Fair Lady and Spamalot, amongst others. He has played on movie soundtracks including the James Bond films, Harry Potter with the London Symphony Orchestra, the award-winning Chicago, Kevin Spacey's Beyond the Sea, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Madagascar and The Corpse Bride. He is featured on trumpet and cornet in George Fenton's Mrs Henderson Presents, and on trumpet in Looking for Eric.
Mike is principal trumpet with the Grammy-nominated John Wilson Orchestra and has been featured in their celebrated BBC Promenade concerts and recordings.
Mike is sought after as a teacher and clinician, and is a professor of trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music. In April 2013 he was proud to be awarded the prestigious Derek Watkins' Chair of Trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
In his MusicGurus courses, Mike shares the secrets behind his versatility, showing you how to nail authentic swing, rock and Latin trumpet styles so you can play any of them with confidence and the right feel.
