I believe a recommendation from Adam helped me set my aperture by setting my lips on the top and bottom of the mouthpiece before forming the aperture...this set me up for a more open aperture. Sorry I cannot reference that video. But most important learning in all my playing. If I tried to explain it, I set my aperture with the goal of playing at the interface of the dry and wet part of your lips.
I get better resonance if my tip of tongue is touching my or even a little pushing my bottom lip. Which seems to allow me to be loose and a little more open. My issue is I can’t seem to insert the tongue between the lips. Which is the way you talk about for greater range? Yes?
If your tongue is pushing your bottom lip - are you sure it isn't then between your teeth? For me - the tongue moves forward towards the mouthpiece as I ascend.
Rapa uses a smiling embouchure, which goes against convention. but it works for him, which goes to show that the success of TCE/Callett BE, etc. proves there is no one way to play trumpet, you gotta find what works for you. for me, my type of lips do not work with a lip to lip conventional buzz, I need to use more bottom or top lip, a al Callet. If I don't I get a lobe the size of a cherry and it plugs up the high range. haha the poor dog is being tortured! 😂
@@trumpetthoughts I'm not so sure,. I see the corners of his mouth move up. to me they appear to spread. my first thought when i saw him play was, how easy it made his high notes. but my impression was he was spreading the lips. is it possible he is just able o play using that? I mean if its not a smile what is it? since it looks nothing like a standard embouchure, and trust me I've studied them, because I have struggled with the usual problems. I do have a lesson with Rich next week. can't wait.
@@CanadianDivergent No, he is not smiling. His sound does not thin out like a smile. Lifting the corners is not the same as smiling. Jerry Callet did the same thing when he played (lifting of the corners).
@@trumpetthoughts well this might be a really dumb question, but I am wondering. I play with a 15.00 plastic trumpet mute. I NEVER use the trumpet without it because my neighbours are so close. today I took it off, and literally puffed a few notes, and all of a sudden it felt like I was able to go into the stratosphere. Of course I didn't because it requires some volume but the register I puffed in was from e on staff to g on staff, it literally felt as though it was effortless, like I had superhuman lips and power all of a sudden, so my question is, if i always have been playing on a mute for two months, is it possible that (the mute) is what closes off my upper register past a C or D? could that cause lip swelling as well? .I have to use a lot of air pressure to use the mute, at least I see now that I do since it was so easy to play after taking it out?? I enjoy your uploads. thx!
Адам прав. Сколько не дуй - если губная ткань "деревянная" , то всё будет звучать плохо. Я об этом недавно говорил моему другу, который страдает не стабильностью звука. Много переработок и мало системного подхода. Как-то так...🙃
I believe a recommendation from Adam helped me set my aperture by setting my lips on the top and bottom of the mouthpiece before forming the aperture...this set me up for a more open aperture. Sorry I cannot reference that video. But most important learning in all my playing. If I tried to explain it, I set my aperture with the goal of playing at the interface of the dry and wet part of your lips.
Interesting. If you find that video - share it with me!
Your upper register sounds Awesome!!
Thank you!
I get better resonance if my tip of tongue is touching my or even a little pushing my bottom lip. Which seems to allow me to be loose and a little more open.
My issue is I can’t seem to insert the tongue between the lips. Which is the way you talk about for greater range? Yes?
If your tongue is pushing your bottom lip - are you sure it isn't then between your teeth?
For me - the tongue moves forward towards the mouthpiece as I ascend.
Let’s go Cats!! If you haven’t played on Alumni day, we could really use another high note player
I'm not an alumni, but I'm happy to join! :D
Rapa uses a smiling embouchure, which goes against convention. but it works for him, which goes to show that the success of TCE/Callett BE, etc. proves there is no one way to play trumpet, you gotta find what works for you. for me, my type of lips do not work with a lip to lip conventional buzz, I need to use more bottom or top lip, a al Callet. If I don't I get a lobe the size of a cherry and it plugs up the high range. haha the poor dog is being tortured! 😂
He is absolutely not smiling. His corners are lifted, but that's not the dreaded smiling embouchure.
@@trumpetthoughts
I'm not so sure,. I see the corners of his mouth move up. to me they appear to spread. my first thought when i saw him play was, how easy it made his high notes. but my impression was he was spreading the lips. is it possible he is just able o play using that? I mean if its not a smile what is it? since it looks nothing like a standard embouchure, and trust me I've studied them, because I have struggled with the usual problems. I do have a lesson with Rich next week. can't wait.
@@CanadianDivergent No, he is not smiling. His sound does not thin out like a smile. Lifting the corners is not the same as smiling. Jerry Callet did the same thing when he played (lifting of the corners).
@@trumpetthoughts well this might be a really dumb question, but I am wondering. I play with a 15.00 plastic trumpet mute. I NEVER use the trumpet without it because my neighbours are so close. today I took it off, and literally puffed a few notes, and all of a sudden it felt like I was able to go into the stratosphere. Of course I didn't because it requires some volume but the register I puffed in was from e on staff to g on staff, it literally felt as though it was effortless, like I had superhuman lips and power all of a sudden, so my question is, if i always have been playing on a mute for two months, is it possible that (the mute) is what closes off my upper register past a C or D? could that cause lip swelling as well? .I have to use a lot of air pressure to use the mute, at least I see now that I do since it was so easy to play after taking it out?? I enjoy your uploads. thx!
Адам прав. Сколько не дуй - если губная ткань "деревянная" , то всё будет звучать плохо. Я об этом недавно говорил моему другу, который страдает не стабильностью звука. Много переработок и мало системного подхода. Как-то так...🙃
Agreed. The chops can't be stiff.
😂 at first i was like "Adam Rapa really let himself go"
LOL!!!! 🤣🤣🤣