Hello 🙂

this is my problem :
//I am aspiring to become professional maybe even soloist.

//I decided to go fully into the process because even tho I can play high notes up to high E and have a good sound and technique, I can feel I am using to much force and if I want to go to the top I need to be more natural

during my practice I don’t practice high notes anymore because I still use to much pushing.

THE CONSEQUENCE is now when I practice concertos (I have to practice Jolivet concertino and other demanding pieces) when I go to high register I don’t push the belly in forcefully, and so I end up pushing my trumpet on my lips , (Greg said not to think about technique whan playing music) I am trying to do that, but the habit of the forced pushed is now disabled in my system. my SOUND is much better, but now I get tired very fast when playing over G (just under highC)

1-Should I force push with belly
2-or should I keep doing what I am doing?
3-or should I stop playing Jolivet and focus on more easy stuff.

I trust you GREG so I will keep practicing this AND especially the singing series but if my teacher notice in september that I can’t play concertos anymore he is going to be pissed off ^^

Thank you every one for you answers/advices 🙂

P.S. this is what I mean going fully into the process (one day)
-past week I played book 1 every morning (50min)
last few days I added book 2 , played half of it until I hit my progress point. (30)

-then the flow studies
-then around 1h30 of finger techniques (clarke, pierre thibaud…) keeping in mind everything from M2M

-around 2h of concertos/studies.