10 Weeks into this new process and I couldn’t be happier. All things previously mentioned have been personal ‘isms’ to get my brain and body to sync into a new way of playing trumpet. I have stayed in Book 1 until it is all locked in. I am almost there, not quite tho. That’s ok. Every day that I exercise to the top of the staff I am strengthening the new way. It is weird how I stumble on certain notes and others not. I am more confident than ever that success is here as I can hear it, feel it and know that for the first time in years – I am a better trumpet player. Grateful. Excited.