Chris, thank you! I humbly took in your message and it resonated with me. You seem like a quite good teacher. About to retire but got started in trumpet the usual path, 5-12 grades then a long 40 year break. Currently playing in the Odessa Baptist Church praise team and often get stage fright - dry mouth and nervous quaver. Will explore the suggestions you gave. Will look for more of your tutorials.
This is my 6th time watching this video and I’m still trying to decode it😅 it’s all very simple stuff but it goes by so fast I have to write things down to make it make snse
I'm really hopeful working on this might help me get my stoopid overactive brain out of the way while I'm trying to play music. When I'm unable to execute passages that are difficult for me, it's almost always due to my brain over-thinking and tripping me up.
That posture can easily become a rigid harness. To be relaxed and postured at the same time needs guidance or luck. For a beginner, nowadays I would first go for relaxation, then for easy and full breathing from relaxation and only then ad posture to it from the perspective of the breathing.
I can relate to a lot of what is being said here. I think it’s going to help me. Could you expand a bit on “polished decay on every note”? About 1:15 in. Thanks. Peter
Classical players often have these esoteric "trumpet is just like meditation" ideas, but most developing players have technical faults that require direct language and conscious correction and no amount of sitting in a lotus posture will fix them.
Way to purposely misunderstand the video. When you've taught countless lessons where simply telling the student what they need to do doesn't work, even when you know it's the right instruction, a new approach is needed. This is an example of a more oblique approach that may work with some students. Everyone learns differently.
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This is far and away the absolute best trumpet pedagogy video on RUclips.
Chris, thank you! I humbly took in your message and it resonated with me. You seem like a quite good teacher. About to retire but got started in trumpet the usual path, 5-12 grades then a long 40 year break. Currently playing in the Odessa Baptist Church praise team and often get stage fright - dry mouth and nervous quaver. Will explore the suggestions you gave. Will look for more of your tutorials.
Great explanation and teaching on mindfulness in playing. Nicely, nicely done.
This is my 6th time watching this video and I’m still trying to decode it😅 it’s all very simple stuff but it goes by so fast I have to write things down to make it make snse
Beautiful description of Zen playing
Best pictures at exhibition!!!!
Very helpful. Thank you
I'm really hopeful working on this might help me get my stoopid overactive brain out of the way while I'm trying to play music. When I'm unable to execute passages that are difficult for me, it's almost always due to my brain over-thinking and tripping me up.
That posture can easily become a rigid harness. To be relaxed and postured at the same time needs guidance or luck. For a beginner, nowadays I would first go for relaxation, then for easy and full breathing from relaxation and only then ad posture to it from the perspective of the breathing.
I can relate to a lot of what is being said here. I think it’s going to help me. Could you expand a bit on “polished decay on every note”? About 1:15 in. Thanks. Peter
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Feldenkrais like approach! Nice!
Great advice, thank you! Is that a CarolBrass Giuffredi?
It's a Blackburn!
Every skill on the trumpet is learned until it feels natural then you follow the feel to improve it and stretch the ears.
Is his tuning slide pushed all the way in?
It's close! 😆
It is not Zen, it is simply Alexander's technique: habits and direction
It sounds more like Inner Game of Tennis to me. Very "self 1 self 2" kind of thought
Definitely reminds me of what I learned studying the Alexander Technique.
Canadian brass?
Classical players often have these esoteric "trumpet is just like meditation" ideas, but most developing players have technical faults that require direct language and conscious correction and no amount of sitting in a lotus posture will fix them.
Way to purposely misunderstand the video.
When you've taught countless lessons where simply telling the student what they need to do doesn't work, even when you know it's the right instruction, a new approach is needed. This is an example of a more oblique approach that may work with some students. Everyone learns differently.
Practice every day and you get better 🎉😂
I know so many people playing 30 years the Same and becoming better at all. ITS Not true.
@@woestiwurst Just How and What to practice is Important, Trumpet Study for everybody don't exist.. ist every time some mix from exersices 🏆🎺
If only that was true 😊
If posture is consistent... then it's "natural" and you are more relaxed.