Excellent advice. I'm playing about four years as a mature student and I never realised the right way to tune, ie look at the tuner after you have a full resonant sound. Any thoughts on the advice at the beginning of Arban to set the slides of the trumpet?
Hi Raktim, the slide for most people will be around 1/4 to 1/2 an inch pulled out. This can vary depending on the player, as well as temperature and other factors. Best best is to use a tuner and play to see where you are, then adjust as needed.
@@JoshRzepkaMusic Thank you for writing back. Really appreciate your help. Will do that. Also do we need to tune in every time we start practicing or we just tune it and maintain the position of the slide
@@raktimparasharglad to help. It doesn’t hurt to tune often, of course every time you play with other people you should tune, but at home once you get a sense for where it usually is you shouldn’t have to adjust it all that often.
I have the problem where some of the notes i'm playing are sharp, and some are flat(mostly the higher the note, the more flat it gets). I have played for a year at home but just recently got aware of the tuning. Do you have any tips on how to balance that?
If you haven't been playing for too long, and just started using a tuner then it's just a matter of practice and learning to develop your ears. To that end, when practicing scales being able to hear in tune whole step and half steps very clearly in your mind will help you - but go slowly. I recommend continuing to use the tuner, as well as experimenting with playing with a drone (a static pitch that you play/tune to), these will help you to continue develop your ear. At a more practical level, just being aware of the tendencies of the horn (some notes can be sharp/flat as a matter of compromise within the construction) will also help you out.
Distance shouldn't make any difference. Distance can affect the amplitude of a sound wave, but that is what determines the loudness, the dB level. The frequency is what the pitch is, and that isn't affected by distance.
Hmm ... no tuning slide at all? That's unusual. Sometimes the slide could be in a less than standard place, like in some cornets, or a tuning bell trumpet. What brand/type of trumpet have you got?
Very valuable lesson
Excellent advice. I'm playing about four years as a mature student and I never realised the right way to tune, ie look at the tuner after you have a full resonant sound. Any thoughts on the advice at the beginning of Arban to set the slides of the trumpet?
I'll have to look at the text there to see what it says. Which Arban edition do you have?
Thank you for sharing! I always learn a lot from your videos. I'm impressed!
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Great video. Very informative. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the tip about not looking at the tuner while sounding the note.
Sure thing! Let me know how it goes.
what app did you suggest for on online app, is there a RUclips video out there perhaps?
Do we need to open the slide out before blowing the note and then adjust or we keep it close. Sorry i m quite new to trumpet.Thanx
Hi Raktim, the slide for most people will be around 1/4 to 1/2 an inch pulled out. This can vary depending on the player, as well as temperature and other factors. Best best is to use a tuner and play to see where you are, then adjust as needed.
@@JoshRzepkaMusic Thank you for writing back. Really appreciate your help. Will do that. Also do we need to tune in every time we start practicing or we just tune it and maintain the position of the slide
@@raktimparasharglad to help. It doesn’t hurt to tune often, of course every time you play with other people you should tune, but at home once you get a sense for where it usually is you shouldn’t have to adjust it all that often.
@@JoshRzepkaMusic Thanx a lot. You have been of great help. Will do that for sure.Thanx again!
I've used a guitar tuning video on RUclips but the trumpets is a B flat instrument so I know I need one for trumpet
I have the problem where some of the notes i'm playing are sharp, and some are flat(mostly the higher the note, the more flat it gets). I have played for a year at home but just recently got aware of the tuning. Do you have any tips on how to balance that?
If you haven't been playing for too long, and just started using a tuner then it's just a matter of practice and learning to develop your ears. To that end, when practicing scales being able to hear in tune whole step and half steps very clearly in your mind will help you - but go slowly. I recommend continuing to use the tuner, as well as experimenting with playing with a drone (a static pitch that you play/tune to), these will help you to continue develop your ear. At a more practical level, just being aware of the tendencies of the horn (some notes can be sharp/flat as a matter of compromise within the construction) will also help you out.
What frequency on the tuner?
It depends on the ensemble, but I usually am just at A = 440
I started turning to 442hz. It sounds closer to music records, am I wrong?
Hi Josh,
I was wondering if the distance you are from the tuner when tuning matters?
Distance shouldn't make any difference. Distance can affect the amplitude of a sound wave, but that is what determines the loudness, the dB level. The frequency is what the pitch is, and that isn't affected by distance.
@@JoshRzepkaMusic Thank you, this is really helpful, :)
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Hi i have a Bb trumpet with no tuning sound what should i do
Hmm ... no tuning slide at all? That's unusual. Sometimes the slide could be in a less than standard place, like in some cornets, or a tuning bell trumpet. What brand/type of trumpet have you got?
Good tip but the video should have been shorter. The real tip startet at 3:00 to 3:57.
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful.