Hi Larry. This looks very interesting. Could you tell me if you have French horn players and any other larger brass instruments using your system? Does your system only work for trumpet players, or can it be converted to other instruments? Thanks, Neil
Although your name is not mentioned, I am quite sure a video has been made probably about your training...in negative way. This actually could be dangerous to some people out there. You might want to add some type of disclaimer before something bad happens and you get in serious trouble.
It's not dangerous, and never will be, when people follow directions. There's a book that comes with the CTS, that you're supposed to read to understand how the system works, and then use it accordingly.
You don't just blow your brains out and get results. The system creates compression, pushes it back on you, and if you follow the directions, you get results, quickly and amazingly, for only 60 dollars. It works for me, it works for him, it works for the old, the young, just about everyone WHEN they use it correctly. The pressure is measured in Torr, not PSI, PSI would be lethal. It's not the same, it's not a PSI pressure gauge, it's the CTS, and IT WORKS. :)
Hello! We are aware of the video. We made sure to consult with medical professionals and have several disclaimers in our training materials that warn against misuse of our training materials. At this time, we feel that any claims to the contrary have been made by individuals that have not researched our Compression Training System and are not familiar with the exercises that are contained within it. Out of the 500 verified customers, we have not had anyone come back to us and ask for a refund or say that their brass playing did not improve. All of the feedback we have received from real customers are positive and we will soon be making videos of their testimonials. Thank you for your concerns. Feel free to reach out to Larry Meregillano on Facebook for further discussion.
I am sorry that you have believed such an outrageous notion. The CTS is the most effect embouchure system ever written! The first mistake he made was that he is using the wrong gauge! If you follow my instructions and use the original CTS, there will be no undue stress anywhere in the body. Don't believe me. Believe Mike Lovatt Trumpet teacher at the Royal School of music or former Canadian brass trumpeter Ronald Romm. How about Andy Omdahl former trumpet teacher at the Armed Forces School of music in Norfolk Virginia. Out of 1000 sales of the Compression Training System we have not received one negative review! Yet you believe a Charlatan holding up the wrong pressure gauge? Join the club. Become a CTS Member today! www.trumpetlegacy.com
There are so many misconstrued ideas about the brass embouchure. Many incorrect or at best incomplete ideas are preached by competent musicians who are able to play well but do not fully understand how to express what they are doing. The student hears things like, “ its all in the air.” Or,” relax and allow the air to do the work.” But relaxation can only occur when we find a balance on the air. The balance only occurs when we have experienced muscular growth in the embouchure. The muscular growth only occurs when we have learned the coordination of allowing the air to control the muscular tension. Brass players are like the guy who goes to the gym week after week exercising with incorrect form expecting to become a succesfully body builder. They lift the weights stopping the muscular movement in its tracks never working throughout the full range of muscular motion. The biggest culprits which hinder embouchure muscular movement are predetermined tension and strong armed pressure. Add to the list the lack of air support because it is the air that becomes the positive weight load which in turn challenges the muscles in the first place . All of these factors hinder embouchure development . We are like the aspiring body builder who stops the movement of a curl half way. We never lift all the way from the waist to the chest therefore the muscles are never exposed to the tension of weight throughout the range of muscular motion.  Traditional methods have proven moderate success in building strength but only a few become exceptionally strong. They are the ones who naturally understand the coordination of allowing the air to set the tension in the muscles of the embouchure. This action allows for correct muscular tension which in turn promotes correct muscular strength and coordination. I have been shouting. “I have found a way to allow the student to develop the correct musculature!” The mystery is solved! Yet, inspite of this advancement, I am met with disbelief. Egos come into play and blind them to the truth. Like despotic dictators they shout, “its my way or the highway !“ never realizing that the road they have taken is impassable for many.
Would a comeback player be able to use this without instruction? Many former trumpet players quit out of frustration in not getting anywhere, when the real issue is/was improper teaching. Could this approach help overcome bad habits (such as arm pressure, tightness in the chest/throat)? Thanks!
I’m glad to see that you’re still making videos. I recently purchased your Chops book and a Bob Reeves Mouthpiece. Whenever I try to do the Hermetic Seal with my lips rolled out, I can’t seem to stop the air from leaking from the corners of the mouthpiece, and whenever I try to play the tone is much less clear and centered than how I usually play. Do you have any advice?
Larry Meregillano I’m so sorry, I misunderstood what you said and I have just been busy with college classes the last few days. I just started my freshman year with Penn State. I would love to have a lesson with you. Thank you so much!
@@josephiwinski5493 Happy to help you in anyway. Please. feel free to call me from time to time. I am happy to help you. I don't always charge for my lessons. I hope that you found my advice helpful.
Compression? (I assume you mean air pressure) If playing from the lung air pressure, you claim that the oral space can further "compress" (pressurize) the air? That is, to be greater than lung air pressure?
Let me ask you this question. Where did the power come from when Rafael Mendez was playing perpetual motion? He was able to keep the sound supported throughout his range while articulating. It’s because he was creating Compression from within the oral cavity which he exchanged with the compression of air from within the lungs.I maintain that those of us who play easily in the upper register Are further compressing the air forward through the Vibrating aperture by the muscles of the face.
@@LarryMeregillanotrumpetlegacy the vibrating aperture is a resistance, it limits flow but it doesn't compress the air. Pressure comes from lung air pressure, and there is never more pressure than that if one is playing from lung air pressure. Regardless of the state of the oral space.
I studied with Roy Stevens back in the 70's and early 80's. I have not played in 30 years. I'm now 70 with an upper plate and want to get back screaming those double and triple c's again. Your doing a great service. PLEASE, KEEP MAKING THESE SUCH INFORMATIVE VIDEOS!
Interesting how you took an idea I created and publicized back in April of 2019 and now claim it is yours. I'll give you credit that you've expanded on what I did. I only created the device to measure the air pressure various trumpet players (and non-players) could generate. I did not intend for the device to be used as a form of exercise. That's what Flexibilities, Technical Studies and Claude's Systematic Approach type exercises are for. I don't see what benefit using the device for off-trumpet exercise could be, given that all the muscle building (AND coordination development) can and does happen with proper practice of the proper material (which is actually what you did Larry to get your ability). That said, time will tell. I might even use my own device for a month in the way you are recommending and see if it benefits me in any way. From April of 2019: www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150320&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 i.postimg.cc/GhNfy5jB/image1-4.jpg
@@larrymeregillano2490 I wasn't referring to the exercises. I was referring to the fact that slightly more than a year after I placed photos and a description on the Trumpet Herald of how I took the pressure gauge from a Sphygmomanometer and attached it to a trumpet mouthpiece with a rubber hose (from the blood pressure cuff) to measure how much air pressure brass players can generate, it appears you've now done the same thing. Perhaps it's just a coincidence. No biggie either way from my point of view. And just so you know, I did not hit the "dislike" button for your video. I wouldn't do that.
@@johnmohanmusic I assure you that any resemblance is purely coincidental .. I am selling the most effective training system ever developed for off the horn exercise and not a gage that was first invented in 1835. My system is based on the novel use of the gage for variable back pressure It is a concept that I published in 2013 in my book a trumpet Legacy and here on youtube. It has helped thousands of players . The value is not in the gage but in the systematic approach that I have developed which you yourself have admitted is a totally different concept. I hold patent application for the novel use of the gage and not for the measuring properties.
Keep an open mind. Go to my hermetic seal exercise published in 2013. The Compression Training system is being sold with a recalibrated, gage, an ebook, , and a video tutorial. I will be happy to share my findings with you. This is not a normal manometer found on the shelf nor does the idea stem form your post which I have never seen. . It stems from my published Exercise called the Hermetic seal. The use of the variable back pressure from the manometer for exercise has no resemblance to your purpose of measurement. It is doubtful that you will understand the use of your gage without instruction. give me a shout on skype at larry.meregillano. I will be happy to show you
@@larrymeregillano2490 BRAVO! How do you think SteveJobs developed the iPhone? Correct, just like you have done he combined many, many different ideas, technologies and processes and developed something spectacular. Larry, but be careful the next complaint with be about your appropriation of the major scale....
@@larrymeregillano2490 variable back pressure? There is no pressure here except what is generated by the body. You could vary the static flow resistance with a fingertip over the mouthpiece end. Regardless, the oral space does not "compress " the air above what the lungs provide if blowing normally.
This was the first draft of the forward to the training manual As Brass Players we are athletes. Our entire bodies are involved in tone production. From the first step of planting our feet squarely into the ground then expanding our chests we fill our lungs with air inside an abnormally large barrel like chest cavity that we have developed over years of training. We then expel that air with strong yet relaxed force created with the abdominal muscles. The muscles of the upper body are also involved in the dance between relaxation and tension in the body. The air then travels past our throats past an abnormally open throat that has also developed over time through training. The air now under compression, travels through the oral cavity, channeled by the muscles of the tongue, the lower jaw, and the muscles of the face as it meets that all important vibrating aperture . The vibrating aperture must remain relaxed so that the muscles of the face can respond to the compression of air. The air then meets the vibrating aperture at several different levels of compression as we adhere to musical nuance. This requires a great deal of coordination from within the entire body. The element of precision time becomes important as we coordinate all of the muscles of the body simultaneously to create a note which is shaped by our interpretation of the written page or as we create through improvisation. The compression is created not only by the diaphragm but indeed the entire body as we choose to play a specific note shaping it with musical expression at will. In a since, the entire body is our embouchure. From the bottom of our feet to the moment our lips meet the mouthpiece we are involved in a finely tuned and coordinated athletic endeavor. Up until now, there has never been a machine to help us in the coordination of the coordinated muscular action as it occurs from within the face.Every athletic endeavor known to mankind has machines to work out on. Nautilus was my first experience of consistent training. It was a fluid and even force that toned and built my muscles quickly. The Compression Training System is that same type of motion or resistance. It is smooth and fluid yet provides a work out that is quick and concentrated. This resistance training develops the muscles of the face in a coordinated effort that is consistent in brass tone production. I am not selling a gadget. I am contributing to our community the creation of a system that will help not only you but the future of brass players Image may contain: drawing
The manometer was invented back in 1661 by Otto von Guericke after creating the vacuum pump. The current design was patented in 1951 currently expired Lifetime. My novel use of an altered manometer is currently under provisional patent application protecting the novel application for 18 months prior to fulfilling the very expensive and time consuming patent process. Any resemblance to other uses of the manometer is purely coincidental and not relevant to the systematic approach of exercise as detailed in the Compression Training System which includes the Compression Trainer, a detailed set of exercise stating how to use the Compression Trainer outlined in both a concise description in the ebook and through video tutorial. I have seen the brass playing community pay upwards 0f $200 for license to view a video outlining a valid system of unfurling the embouchure. It works for some. My question is why are their individuals who are voicing their objections to the use of a manometer providing variable resistance in strength training that works for all? We have not yet compiled exact numbers on cost due to the fact that the materials are now undergoing scrutiny for safety of breathability at a medical prosthetics lab. Once the medical approval for the materials is given we will be able to cost out all expenses incurred in mass production. We may need to use a more expensive alternative for the tubing. Currently there is no room for profit built into the kickstarter campaign. Our initial expectations are that we will be able to bring you this system under $70 and perhaps less. The funds generated from the kickstarter campaign will all go back into production, patent attorney fees, and packaging design. Thank you for allowing me to execute my plans. My supporters have made this innovation a reality for all brass players
Hi Larry. This looks very interesting. Could you tell me if you have French horn players and any other larger brass instruments using your system?
Does your system only work for trumpet players, or can it be converted to other instruments? Thanks, Neil
Although your name is not mentioned, I am quite sure a video has been made probably about your training...in negative way. This actually could be dangerous to some people out there. You might want to add some type of disclaimer before something bad happens and you get in serious trouble.
It's not dangerous, and never will be, when people follow directions. There's a book that comes with the CTS, that you're supposed to read to understand how the system works, and then use it accordingly.
You don't just blow your brains out and get results. The system creates compression, pushes it back on you, and if you follow the directions, you get results, quickly and amazingly, for only 60 dollars. It works for me, it works for him, it works for the old, the young, just about everyone WHEN they use it correctly. The pressure is measured in Torr, not PSI, PSI would be lethal. It's not the same, it's not a PSI pressure gauge, it's the CTS, and IT WORKS. :)
Hello! We are aware of the video. We made sure to consult with medical professionals and have several disclaimers in our training materials that warn against misuse of our training materials. At this time, we feel that any claims to the contrary have been made by individuals that have not researched our Compression Training System and are not familiar with the exercises that are contained within it. Out of the 500 verified customers, we have not had anyone come back to us and ask for a refund or say that their brass playing did not improve. All of the feedback we have received from real customers are positive and we will soon be making videos of their testimonials. Thank you for your concerns. Feel free to reach out to Larry Meregillano on Facebook for further discussion.
I am sorry that you have believed such an outrageous notion. The CTS is the most effect embouchure system ever written! The first mistake he made was that he is using the wrong gauge! If you follow my instructions and use the original CTS, there will be no undue stress anywhere in the body. Don't believe me. Believe Mike Lovatt Trumpet teacher at the Royal School of music or former Canadian brass trumpeter Ronald Romm. How about Andy Omdahl former trumpet teacher at the Armed Forces School of music in Norfolk Virginia. Out of 1000 sales of the Compression Training System we have not received one negative review! Yet you believe a Charlatan holding up the wrong pressure gauge? Join the club. Become a CTS Member today! www.trumpetlegacy.com
There are so many misconstrued ideas about the brass embouchure. Many incorrect or at best incomplete ideas are preached by competent musicians who are able to play well but do not fully understand how to express what they are doing.
The student hears things like, “ its all in the air.” Or,” relax and allow the air to do the work.” But relaxation can only occur when we find a balance on the air.
The balance only occurs when we have experienced muscular growth in the embouchure. The muscular growth only occurs when we have learned the coordination of allowing the air to control the muscular tension.
Brass players are like the guy who goes to the gym week after week exercising with incorrect form expecting to become a succesfully body builder.
They lift the weights stopping the muscular movement in its tracks never working throughout the full range of muscular motion.
The biggest culprits which hinder embouchure muscular movement are predetermined tension and strong armed pressure. Add to the list the lack of air support because it is the air that becomes the positive weight load which in turn challenges the muscles in the first place . All of these factors hinder embouchure development .
We are like the aspiring body builder who stops the movement of a curl half way. We never lift all the way from the waist to the chest therefore the muscles are never exposed to the tension of weight throughout the range of muscular motion. 
Traditional methods have proven moderate success in building strength but only a few become exceptionally strong. They are the ones who naturally understand the coordination of allowing the air to set the tension in the muscles of the embouchure.
This action allows for correct muscular tension which in turn promotes correct muscular strength and coordination.
I have been shouting. “I have found a way to allow the student to develop the correct musculature!” The mystery is solved!
Yet, inspite of this advancement, I am met with disbelief. Egos come into play and blind them to the truth. Like despotic dictators they shout, “its my way or the highway !“ never realizing that the road they have taken is impassable for many.
Would a comeback player be able to use this without instruction? Many former trumpet players quit out of frustration in not getting anywhere, when the real issue is/was improper teaching. Could this approach help overcome bad habits (such as arm pressure, tightness in the chest/throat)? Thanks!
Of Course and with great success
I believe so
I’m glad to see that you’re still making videos. I recently purchased your Chops book and a Bob Reeves Mouthpiece. Whenever I try to do the Hermetic Seal with my lips rolled out, I can’t seem to stop the air from leaking from the corners of the mouthpiece, and whenever I try to play the tone is much less clear and centered than how I usually play. Do you have any advice?
Sounds like a video hang is in order. I can explain it in 30 minutes
Joesph What are you doing? I just offered you a free lesson
Larry Meregillano I’m so sorry, I misunderstood what you said and I have just been busy with college classes the last few days. I just started my freshman year with Penn State. I would love to have a lesson with you. Thank you so much!
@@josephiwinski5493 Happy to help you in anyway. Please. feel free to call me from time to time. I am happy to help you. I don't always charge for my lessons. I hope that you found my advice helpful.
Compression? (I assume you mean air pressure) If playing from the lung air pressure, you claim that the oral space can further "compress" (pressurize) the air? That is, to be greater than lung air pressure?
Let me ask you this question. Where did the power come from when Rafael Mendez was playing perpetual motion? He was able to keep the sound supported throughout his range while articulating. It’s because he was creating Compression from within the oral cavity which he exchanged with the compression of air from within the lungs.I maintain that those of us who play easily in the upper register Are further compressing the air forward through the Vibrating aperture by the muscles of the face.
@@LarryMeregillanotrumpetlegacy the vibrating aperture is a resistance, it limits flow but it doesn't compress the air. Pressure comes from lung air pressure, and there is never more pressure than that if one is playing from lung air pressure. Regardless of the state of the oral space.
I studied with Roy Stevens back in the 70's and early 80's. I have not played in 30 years. I'm now 70 with an upper plate and want to get back screaming those double and triple c's again.
Your doing a great service.
PLEASE, KEEP MAKING THESE SUCH INFORMATIVE VIDEOS!
thank you
I play on ab lower and bottom partial as well
wonderful
Can't wait to try this on tuba and trombone!
Larry lookin good!!
Thank you!
Interesting how you took an idea I created and publicized back in April of 2019 and now claim it is yours. I'll give you credit that you've expanded on what I did. I only created the device to measure the air pressure various trumpet players (and non-players) could generate. I did not intend for the device to be used as a form of exercise. That's what Flexibilities, Technical Studies and Claude's Systematic Approach type exercises are for. I don't see what benefit using the device for off-trumpet exercise could be, given that all the muscle building (AND coordination development) can and does happen with proper practice of the proper material (which is actually what you did Larry to get your ability). That said, time will tell. I might even use my own device for a month in the way you are recommending and see if it benefits me in any way.
From April of 2019: www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150320&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
i.postimg.cc/GhNfy5jB/image1-4.jpg
@@larrymeregillano2490 I wasn't referring to the exercises. I was referring to the fact that slightly more than a year after I placed photos and a description on the Trumpet Herald of how I took the pressure gauge from a Sphygmomanometer and attached it to a trumpet mouthpiece with a rubber hose (from the blood pressure cuff) to measure how much air pressure brass players can generate, it appears you've now done the same thing. Perhaps it's just a coincidence. No biggie either way from my point of view. And just so you know, I did not hit the "dislike" button for your video. I wouldn't do that.
@@johnmohanmusic I assure you that any resemblance is purely coincidental .. I am selling the most effective training system ever developed for off the horn exercise and not a gage that was first invented in 1835. My system is based on the novel use of the gage for variable back pressure It is a concept that I published in 2013 in my book a trumpet Legacy and here on youtube. It has helped thousands of players . The value is not in the gage but in the systematic approach that I have developed which you yourself have admitted is a totally different concept. I hold patent application for the novel use of the gage and not for the measuring properties.
Keep an open mind. Go to my hermetic seal exercise published in 2013. The Compression Training system is being sold with a recalibrated, gage, an ebook, , and a video tutorial. I will be happy to share my findings with you. This is not a normal manometer found on the shelf nor does the idea stem form your post which I have never seen. . It stems from my published Exercise called the Hermetic seal. The use of the variable back pressure from the manometer for exercise has no resemblance to your purpose of measurement. It is doubtful that you will understand the use of your gage without instruction. give me a shout on skype at larry.meregillano. I will be happy to show you
@@larrymeregillano2490 BRAVO! How do you think SteveJobs developed the iPhone? Correct, just like you have done he combined many, many different ideas, technologies and processes and developed something spectacular. Larry, but be careful the next complaint with be about your appropriation of the major scale....
@@larrymeregillano2490 variable back pressure? There is no pressure here except what is generated by the body. You could vary the static flow resistance with a fingertip over the mouthpiece end.
Regardless, the oral space does not "compress " the air above what the lungs provide if blowing normally.
Free, you gotta come into the 21st-century and get the proper equipment so you can do RUclips videos and actually have your audience hear you
This was the first draft of the forward to the training manual
As Brass Players we are athletes. Our entire bodies are involved in tone production.
From the first step of planting our feet squarely into the ground then expanding our chests we fill our lungs with air inside an abnormally large barrel like chest cavity that we have developed over years of training.
We then expel that air with strong yet relaxed force created with the abdominal muscles.
The muscles of the upper body are also involved in the dance between relaxation and tension in the body.
The air then travels past our throats past an abnormally open throat that has also developed over time through training.
The air now under compression, travels through the oral cavity, channeled by the muscles of the tongue, the lower jaw, and the muscles of the face as it meets that all important vibrating aperture .
The vibrating aperture must remain relaxed so that the muscles of the face can respond to the compression of air.
The air then meets the vibrating aperture at several different levels of compression as we adhere to musical nuance. This requires a great deal of coordination from within the entire body.
The element of precision time becomes important as we coordinate all of the muscles of the body simultaneously to create a note which is shaped by our interpretation of the written page or as we create through improvisation.
The compression is created not only by the diaphragm but indeed the entire body as we choose to play a specific note shaping it with musical expression at will.
In a since, the entire body is our embouchure. From the bottom of our feet to the moment our lips meet the mouthpiece we are involved in a finely tuned and coordinated athletic endeavor.
Up until now, there has never been a machine to help us in the coordination of the coordinated muscular action as it occurs from within the face.Every athletic endeavor known to mankind has machines to work out on.
Nautilus was my first experience of consistent training. It was a fluid and even force that toned and built my muscles quickly.
The Compression Training System is that same type of motion or resistance. It is smooth and fluid yet provides a work out that is quick and concentrated.
This resistance training develops the muscles of the face in a coordinated effort that is consistent in brass tone production.
I am not selling a gadget. I am contributing to our community the creation of a system that will help not only you but the future of brass players
Image may contain: drawing
The manometer was invented back in 1661 by Otto von Guericke after creating the vacuum pump. The current design was patented in 1951 currently expired Lifetime.
My novel use of an altered manometer is currently under provisional patent application protecting the novel application for 18 months prior to fulfilling the very expensive and time consuming patent process.
Any resemblance to other uses of the manometer is purely coincidental and not relevant to the systematic approach of exercise as detailed in the Compression Training System which includes the Compression Trainer, a detailed set of exercise stating how to use the Compression Trainer outlined in both a concise description in the ebook and through video tutorial.
I have seen the brass playing community pay upwards 0f $200 for license to view a video outlining a valid system of unfurling the embouchure. It works for some.
My question is why are their individuals who are voicing their objections to the use of a manometer providing variable resistance in strength training that works for all?
We have not yet compiled exact numbers on cost due to the fact that the materials are now undergoing scrutiny for safety of breathability at a medical prosthetics lab.
Once the medical approval for the materials is given we will be able to cost out all expenses incurred in mass production.
We may need to use a more expensive alternative for the tubing. Currently there is no room for profit built into the kickstarter campaign. Our initial expectations are that we will be able to bring you this system under $70 and perhaps less.
The funds generated from the kickstarter campaign will all go back into production, patent attorney fees, and packaging design.
Thank you for allowing me to execute my plans. My supporters have made this innovation a reality for all brass players