This is pretty much a wrap-up of everything I did over the five day weekend. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, I practiced the whole piece twice each day. (Yes, I took Thanksgiving off). So, on Saturday, I recorded the music.
I recorded it using a small video camera on a tripod looking at the 'profile' of the piano, so you can see half of my face, the side view of the trumpet, and all of the keys (I angled the camera a little). It took 4-6 takes, as each take was about three pages (don't know how many minutes) of music; I stopped in between each take to empty my spit, turn pages, etc. For one of the takes, I also took a different angle with my digital camera, so you can see the piano keys better.
Now all I need to do is upload it to the computer and edit it into one continuous string. I am also going to edit out two mistakes that I immediately 're-performed' in the video (but it still won't be perfect). The only thing I'm not sure about is the sound quality-I did not use professional equipment, the trumpet already sounded bad because I was playing directly into the piano, and the piano/trumpet have different volumes that might not have blended well.
I'll get the video up as soon as I have time to upload and edit it (I have to buy an adapter to get the video from the camera to the computer).
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