Learning to play a trumpet is rather difficult.
I remember when I first started learning
to play one; I could not toot any sound from it. I had to take the mouthpiece
out of it and practise on the mouthpiece. I would purse my lips and blow hard
but except, for lots of saliva, not a peek came out of it. Eventually, after
trying for about a week, I learned that I had to purse my lips and sort of spit
into the mouthpiece to get the sound.
Then it was learning to play the trumpet
by tooting musical notes, one by one, from a beginner’s book. Soon I was able
to play simple tunes and from there to progress to more difficult pieces. I had
to learn to play classical pieces for my music course. After a few months, I
was quite adept at playing the trumpet. Eventually, I was able to pass a trumpet practical trumpet test. However, I was deemed not good enough to play the trumpet in an orchestra but I only remember playing a ratchet in a performance of The Toy Symphony.
However, on returning home after my music
training, music did not play a major part in my work. My trumpet became a
recreational instrument. I only played it for fun.
ltbs
After
silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous
Huxley
