Have you seen the "BOBBY SHEW *new* Trumpet Mouthpiece Pressure Test from Kurt Thompson " video? The youtuber does the "hold by valve" thing. Furthermore, I think you did not hanged the Pbone at the best height for you own benefit, you seem to have some trouble to adjust the intrument to your needs. Besides, playing the trumpet, an instrument that you have a less developed embouchure , was a very quaint decision. In the same regard: have you ever seen a device with a spring that you attach at a mouthpiece shank and "freebuzz": as you put pressure on the mouthpiece the spring contracts and the device shuts down and cuts off the airstream; they are made to develope an embouchure with little or no pressure on the lips. I believe Warburton makes some of these...I mean, here in Brazil you only find this device by buying those "P.E.T.E."s , that definetly are made by Warburton. Anywho, it is nice to see some activity on the channel. Please, forgive any, or all, mistakes regarding grammar and orthography. Cheers from São Paulo.
Thanks for watching and for your comment, Vinicius. One point that I didn't make in this video is that I don't feel that an embouchure with little or no mouthpiece pressure on the lips is a good thing. Excessive pressure is bad, of course, but it's really a symptom of something else that needs to be corrected, not an issue of itself. Furthermore, research has shown that trumpet players use a lot more mouthpiece pressure than they tend to think and also that even expert trumpet players and teachers are very bad at judging how much mouthpiece pressure a player is using simply by watching. The problem with the string demonstration or the other demonstrations you and I mentioned, as well as that device you're taking about, is that they don't address real playing issues, nor is the very low or "no" mouthpiece pressure a desirable embouchure characteristic. They lead players down the wrong path, in my opinion. Dave
"No pressing = no sound = no job" Mr Bernie Glow, around late 60s :)
Have you seen the "BOBBY SHEW *new* Trumpet Mouthpiece Pressure Test from Kurt Thompson " video? The youtuber does the "hold by valve" thing. Furthermore, I think you did not hanged the Pbone at the best height for you own benefit, you seem to have some trouble to adjust the intrument to your needs. Besides, playing the trumpet, an instrument that you have a less developed embouchure , was a very quaint decision. In the same regard: have you ever seen a device with a spring that you attach at a mouthpiece shank and "freebuzz": as you put pressure on the mouthpiece the spring contracts and the device shuts down and cuts off the airstream; they are made to develope an embouchure with little or no pressure on the lips. I believe Warburton makes some of these...I mean, here in Brazil you only find this device by buying those "P.E.T.E."s , that definetly are made by Warburton. Anywho, it is nice to see some activity on the channel. Please, forgive any, or all, mistakes regarding grammar and orthography. Cheers from São Paulo.
Thanks for watching and for your comment, Vinicius. One point that I didn't make in this video is that I don't feel that an embouchure with little or no mouthpiece pressure on the lips is a good thing. Excessive pressure is bad, of course, but it's really a symptom of something else that needs to be corrected, not an issue of itself. Furthermore, research has shown that trumpet players use a lot more mouthpiece pressure than they tend to think and also that even expert trumpet players and teachers are very bad at judging how much mouthpiece pressure a player is using simply by watching.
The problem with the string demonstration or the other demonstrations you and I mentioned, as well as that device you're taking about, is that they don't address real playing issues, nor is the very low or "no" mouthpiece pressure a desirable embouchure characteristic. They lead players down the wrong path, in my opinion.
Dave
lol great sense of humor