Trumpet Class Excerpts
Trumpet Class Excerpts
Trumpet Class Excerpts
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Leonore Overture No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 72b
(Offstage Fanfare) 0 (1770 - 1827)
Set the first two bars in the same dramatic, recitative manner as the first two bars of the Leonore No. 2.
Shaping is critical here as well. From the end of the second bar, accelerate towards the downbeat of bar 4, at
which point you should be at your top speed in this passage. From there, decelerate progressively until the
fermata in the final bar. The shaping for this is essentially like a roller coaster starting at the top of a hill,
gaining speed as it progresses down, reaching the bottom of the hill at top speed, then decelerating as it goes
back up a mirror image hill to the acceleration, finally arriving back to a point at the end which is equal to the
start. As you accelerate and decelerate, take care that articulation, dynamics, and tone quality all remain relative
and consistent. Think of each group of two sixteenths/two eighths belonging to the next downbeat eighth. This
occurs from bar 1 into the bar 2 half-note, from the end of bar 2 to the downbeat of bar 3, and also to the third
beat of bar 3 and the downbeat of bar 4. For the last note concert B-flat fermata, I think ofit as seven counts in
duration, with three beats held strong and then four counts of diminuendo before lifting. Make sure that your
intonation stays steady and doesn't change as you diminuendo on this last note. When playing this fanfare
twice, either in performance or in an audition situation, make a distinct difference between the two by playing
the second fanfare with even more drama. One way to achieve this is by playing the opening half-notes bolder
and a touch stronger and longer, and by making a quicker acceleration and more dramatic deceleration at the
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