Scoops
Lesson time: (2min 35sec)
Mike Lovatt montre comment jouer un scoop - en glissant vers une note par en dessous - pour ajouter une inflexion authentique dans le style swing à la trompette.
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Lesson transcript:
Music Lesson: Adding Inflection and Spice
Hopefully, you noticed that on the last note I played, which lands on the third beat, I played it really emphatically. This is to properly finish the piece off. It gives us a full stop at the end of our sentence and signifies that our story has come to an end.
Introducing Scoops
Let's talk about another inflection or spice that we've added to this piece. It's actually marked on the part in several bars, indicated by a little line going up to a note.
- You can see this in:
- The first full bar of the piece.
- The key change (the second bar of the key change also has this little scoop).
Example of a Scoop
I'll play an example of that now. It's like a little blip. We come from under the note.
How to Execute a Scoop
How do we do that? Well, I do it by using the valves.
- Two methods:
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Quick Valve Movement:
- Move from the note before to the note below.
- In the first full bar, the note below is an E.
- Obviously, valves one and two go from one and two to two, but do it quickly with a little flip.
You can have a go at doing that.
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Sliding Between Notes:
- Still use those valves, but make a half valve noise between.
- This has to be done pretty quickly for a smoother little whip.
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Application of Scoops
These things are called scoops, and you can apply these in lots of parts of your playing. Not only in this piece, but you can experiment with using it in others to give it some added spice.
About the instructor
Mike Lovatt a étudié au Trinity College of Music, où il a reçu la Jon Kelly Jazz Scholarship. Il s'est produit et a enregistré dans une immense variété de styles avec des artistes tels que Quincy Jones, Robbie Williams, Eric Clapton, l'Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Buble, Oasis, Michel Legrand, Tony Bennett, Shirley Bassey et Danny Elfman, parmi bien d'autres. En tant que trompette solo dans le West End de Londres, Mike s'est produit dans Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Producers, Billy Elliot, Guys and Dolls, Saturday Night Fever, My Fair Lady et Spamalot, entre autres. Il a joué sur des bandes originales de films dont les James Bond, Harry Potter avec le London Symphony Orchestra, le film primé Chicago, Beyond the Sea de Kevin Spacey, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Madagascar et The Corpse Bride. On l'entend à la trompette et au cornet dans Mrs Henderson Presents de George Fenton, et à la trompette dans Looking for Eric. Mike est trompette solo du John Wilson Orchestra, nommé aux Grammy, et a été mis en avant dans leurs célèbres concerts et enregistrements des BBC Promenade. Mike est très demandé comme professeur et clinicien, et il est professeur de trompette à la Royal Academy of Music et au Royal College of Music. En avril 2013, il a eu la fierté de se voir décerner la prestigieuse Derek Watkins' Chair of Trumpet à la Royal Academy of Music de Londres. Dans ses cours MusicGurus, Mike partage les secrets de sa polyvalence, te montrant comment maîtriser les styles authentiques de trompette swing, rock et latino afin que tu puisses jouer chacun d'eux avec assurance et le bon feeling. read more