I have days where I wonder why in the hell I picked the trumpet as my instrument of choice. Today is one of those days. I have that feeling that I will be eternally trapped in and below the staff. I realize that I have only been playing two years but LORD!! Any attempt to climb out of that range is useless. I have flashes of brilliance where I play a nice solid G on the top of the staff but everything else is a crap shoot. I’m not trying to be the “scream machine” or anything.. I just want command over the trumpet’s playable range or a sign that I will get there. It just ain’t happening right now..

I hesitate to post this but I feel I should share the bad with the good. I’m definitely at that point where I worry about getting any better range wise. My tone is improving everyday as is my overall ability – the range just ain’t there. I would have been playing for two years by March 2003. At that point where should I be as a player??