Posted by bumfuzzled on March 09, 2001 at 13:40:47:
What do you do when you are in a playing slump?
Everybody has bad days, but the last few days, nothing seems to be working right. My notes don't speak, my embouchure feels tight and doesn't respond, my horn doesn't respond, my flexibiltiy went somewhere. Last night I was ready to throw the horn out the window. When I come back from a break, it's worse than when I left. Worst of all, I'm not getting the sound I like and can usually get.
Extending my warm-up time helps a little, but at this rate I'd have to warm up for 6 hours to get any benefit.
I really need some suggestions on how to get past this. I'm almost afraid to hit the practice room tonight.
Thank you.