Oh. I was hoping this video would tell me the secret of how you can get the full range of notes with only three buttons! You don't explain how you changed from G to C! LOL I guess I need to watch your earlier video!
Brass embouchure While performing on a brass instrument, the sound is produced by the player buzzing his or her lips into a mouthpiece. Pitches are changed in part through altering the amount of muscular contraction in the lip formation. The performer's use of the air, tightening of cheek and jaw muscles, as well as tongue manipulation can affect how the embouchure works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embouchure
hi Lee Bee - there is a video series up at my site (blackwellstrumpetbasics.com) under the free lessons tab called 'trumpet foundations' that's free, just requires an e-mail. It's all about something called the 'harmonic series' or 'overtone series' I should probably just upload that to youtube....
Brilliant piece of teaching there. I trolled the internet for such a vid and yours is the only one I could find and just what I was looking for, thankyou very much, I knew there was some sort of logic attached to the valves but couldn't work it out and now you done it for me, really appreciate it.
Thanks Ken! If you are interested, I'm putting together a full-blown beginner video course which I will be selling on my website. however, part of the design process is getting beginners to BETA test the lessons. As a thank you I'm offering the BETA testers free, lifetime access to the course. Something you'd be interested in? If so shoot me and e-mail and I'll let you know the details. JamesMBlackwell@gmail.com Thanks for commenting and good luck with everything!
Man! This video should be watched by every BEGINNER... Day one if you get it! No really... I know an adult trumpet player, been playing in the school band since 4th grade, that doesn't know this... OUTSTANDING VIDEO... Carry on... :)
i have asthma when i was a child but i always wanted to play instruments especially trumpets and then guitar and harmonica and now im currently learning guitar and i want to learn harmonica first and then trumpet but i don't have trumpet right now but when i do i'll go back to this video
Chunghung825 Very common on used trumpets for pistons not lining up or in wrong spot. Not always a number on the pistons. Remove pistons and bottom caps. Clean the valve case with a brush and isopropyl alcohol. Oil all pistons. If the pistons are numbered place 1st pistons in. Then blow, if correct spot it will work.if not try another pistons. Repeat on other pistons.
Been playing for almost 3 months now and that's helped me LOTS, man. Truly. Thank you so much hahaha i deducted all chromatic valve position from what you taught here + the overtone series. Cheers
has to do with something called the 'harmonic series' or 'overtone series'. In higher ranges the notes are closer togeher so you can play more notes with the same valve. The reason 13 and 123 go away is because they are generally not as in-tune as the other potential fingerings. As you get higher you can play the same note with different valves - they will all hive a slightly different pitch and timbre. For example, top space E can be played open (no valves), 1+2 and 3rd valve only. All of those finger patterns have that E available on their personal harmonic series.Good question. I should probably throw something up.
Film Composer coming here to learn how a Trumpet works for Arranging purposes. This video was SWEET and simple and taught me so much. Well done, and thank you!! Also if you have time, is that a Trumpet in F?
Hey, im new to music theory... when did the chromatic scale only become 7 notes, i thought that was the major scale. Also, how is B at the end of the F scale? Im genuinely curious because i've spent way too long trying to figure out whats happening right now.
First time ever, just wondering how a trumpet works :) so the initial note is given by your mouth? If that is correct, I guess you need to sing very well to be able to hit notes perfectly.
This video ends with, see the chart below, well, there is no chart below. Wheres the chart? Furthermore and I can't put a pic on here cos it won't let me do it, none of the charts online show a descending order for all notes as you say, e.g. F# on the charts I see show the next E as 0 valve, i.e. No valve!?! And the descending order starts again. 2/1/12/etc.
Hey Barry, the top space E is no valves, as well as all octaves above that. Maybe that's what you're seeing. Bottom line E is 12. This video was part of a beginning series I posted on my website called "Trumpet Foundations." Here's the link if you're interested. It's all in there. www.blackwellstrumpetbasics.com/?page_id=2127
The descending order shows the valve combinations for all notes from G in the staff and below. For the partials above that, the fingerings will still work but they are "alternate" valve combinations that are less in-tune.
Can someone tell me if (besides the valves) the sound changes depending on how we throw air into the mouthpiece? I know there are trumpets that are inclined towards specific keys, but I was always wondering if the keysound without the valves can depend on our force of air or something...
Not knowing whether comments to this video are still being monitored and answered, I will jump in and offer an answer. Let's start by pretending you have a bugle (which, of course, has NO valves) rather than a trumpet. As you probably realize, a bugle can play only a limited number of notes, which represent the harmonics inherent in a piece of tubing the length of the bugle (if it were straightened out)--but the instrument offers no valves or keys to get from one harmonic to the other. Therefore, the player changes the notes by using his/her lips. This is done by "buzzing" the approximate pitch of the note the player wants to play, and in doing so, the desired harmonic is "selected"--that is, the air inside the bugle resonates with the pitch being produced by the player's lips. This takes some practice, but one's lips can be trained to produce the desired pitch quite easily. As mentioned above, the bugle can only play the harmonics of the tube of which it is made. Now if we splice in some additional lengths of tubing, and provide valves to select if and when one or more sections of the additional tubing add to the length of the entire instrument, we can change the series of harmonics the instrument will produce--sort of like putting down the bugle and picking up a larger or smaller one to play the missing notes. Again, the pitch produced by the buzzing lips work in combination with the length of tubing chosen by the valves. The valves act to determine which series of harmonics can be produced at a particular tubing length, and the lips select which harmonic within the given series will be played. Although I've played instruments over the course of "many" years, I took up my first brass instrument this past spring--a trombone. As you probably realize, the trombone changes the length of the tube by means of a slide rather than by valves (although there is such a thing as a valve trombone, but it is rare). The slide can be used in any of seven positions, and each one has its own set of harmonics. For example, with the slide in 1st position (retracted completely so it is at its shortest length), the instrument can play a low "pedal-tone" concert B flat, and then the B flat an octave higher, then the F above that, then the next B flat, then D, then another F and so on--which one is played depends on the player's lips. (This would be the equivalent of playing the trumpet with no valves depressed.) If the slide is moved to the 2nd position, then the series is "pedal-tone" A, then A, then E, then A, then C sharp, then E, etc.--which would be the equivalent of depressing the 2nd valve on the trumpet. (Because the trumpet is a "transposing" instrument, playing C on a trumpet is actually sounded as B flat--something I realized quickly when I started playing clarinet 60 years ago, and discovered it wasn't the same pitch as C on my mother's piano. I hope this is of help in answering your question. I'm fascinated by the physics of musical instruments as well as the music they play. I will be getting a trumpet later this week (I've never played a valved brass instrument before), and my challenge to myself is to play the Star-Spangled Banner on it within a hour of picking it up to play it! (I've written it out--with fingerings--in the key of G so it involve the lower notes on the instrument.)
@@catoleg You're most welcome; I hope it was of help. FWIW I was able to play the Star-Spangled Banner within minutes of picking up the trumpet--I already knew what each valve did and the range of notes it could play, so it was a matter of getting my lips "oriented" to the smaller mouthpiece and instrument, and then coordinating my lips with the appropriate use of the valves.
You can only get (about) 6 notes on the first two octaves of the trumpet range using each valve combination. We need seven valve combinations to end up with all 12 notes and multiple octaves of range.
I wanted to play trumpet when I was little but they shoved a clarinet in my hands. I hated the clarinet and started to play guitar instead. Now 20 years later I want to try trumpet again since m pretty advanced with guitar now and don't have much to discover with the instrument anymore. Should I buy a trumpet even though im already 30 yo?
absolutely. 30yo is nothing. maybe you can remember how fast you learned guitar. you probably had the basic chords within months and could play some songs within a year. I have no idea about the difficulty of a trumpet, but what I want to say is - imagine you practice 5 years playing the trumpet, then you will be only 35yo and might be able to use it for whatever. Follow your heart and don't be as stupid as I am.
You're a whole step sharp, I tested the notes you were naming on a freshly-tuned guitar and I found that the "F#" was an E, and the "C" was a Bb. Other than that, great video, I'm just now learning trumpet.
I believe this is because the trumpet is tuned to Bb, so you have to do a tone modification in your head when reading, this happens with many classical instruments in the way they relate to "c"
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THANK YOU it‘s always been somewhat of a mystery how the trumpet works for me GODDAMNIT YES THANK YOU!
hahaha you're welcome
This video succinctly and methodically answers what I've wondered about for years!
Excellent teaching. I’m just getting back into playing after more than 25 years and this is so helpful. Thank you.
Glad it helped :-)
K
Oh. I was hoping this video would tell me the secret of how you can get the full range of notes with only three buttons! You don't explain how you changed from G to C! LOL I guess I need to watch your earlier video!
this. i'm not a trumpet player i was just wondering how the trumpet works and then somehow you suddenly dropped register and i have no idea how.
Brass embouchure
While performing on a brass instrument, the sound is produced by the player buzzing his or her lips into a mouthpiece. Pitches are changed in part through altering the amount of muscular contraction in the lip formation. The performer's use of the air, tightening of cheek and jaw muscles, as well as tongue manipulation can affect how the embouchure works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embouchure
hi Lee Bee - there is a video series up at my site (blackwellstrumpetbasics.com) under the free lessons tab called 'trumpet foundations' that's free, just requires an e-mail. It's all about something called the 'harmonic series' or 'overtone series' I should probably just upload that to youtube....
Brilliant piece of teaching there. I trolled the internet for such a vid and yours is the only one I could find and just what I was looking for, thankyou very much, I knew there was some sort of logic attached to the valves but couldn't work it out and now you done it for me, really appreciate it.
Thanks for swinging by and the note, Barry!
Thank You! this is the best teaching experience for me yet..
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video, great information and easily understood.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best explanation of fingering I've heard yet. I'm an absolute beginner and you've given me the perfect thing to practice. THANKS!
Thanks Ken! If you are interested, I'm putting together a full-blown beginner video course which I will be selling on my website. however, part of the design process is getting beginners to BETA test the lessons. As a thank you I'm offering the BETA testers free, lifetime access to the course. Something you'd be interested in? If so shoot me and e-mail and I'll let you know the details. JamesMBlackwell@gmail.com
Thanks for commenting and good luck with everything!
mfk what about all the other notes?
Finally some Logic... Thank you for this lesson🤩
I've been thinking of switching from a piano to a trumpet and this video did help. My recommendations are liking me today.
love it!
THANK YOU!! So well explained!
Simple , great sounds.i like to try .soon.will plays , many kinds , of music ... good .instruments. jazz feels ....
I NEEDED to know that ! thank you so much for your great explanation !!!
As a music teacher and trumpet beginner, I have to say that you are a great teacher. I subbed and will watch your other videos :) Thank you again !!!
Wow this actually made so much sense THANK YOU!
thanks for watching!
Incredibly well done video. Explains a lot. Thanks.
Man! This video should be watched by every BEGINNER... Day one if you get it! No really... I know an adult trumpet player, been playing in the school band since 4th grade, that doesn't know this... OUTSTANDING VIDEO... Carry on... :)
Much appreciated!
Thank you very much. Now I know what to do for next month's 😅
I'm going to chase up all your vids now, wonderful
super well explained ! thanks !
Thank you I am so good at the trumpet because of this video
great!
i have asthma when i was a child but i always wanted to play instruments especially trumpets and then guitar and harmonica and now im currently learning guitar and i want to learn harmonica first and then trumpet but i don't have trumpet right now but when i do i'll go back to this video
Now who created this piece of instrument?? Creating a whole scale of music with just 3 keys is unthinkable. IMHO. What a genius person!!
Beautiful information
Man, this is really helpful. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent ! Thanks
Thanks, Stephen!
I've always wonder how trumpet works and able to play many notes. What about different octaves? How some trumpet playing can play so much higher?
Very informational, thanks mate :)
Glad to hear you enjoyed it :)
Chunghung825
Very common on used trumpets for pistons not lining up or in wrong spot. Not always a number on the pistons.
Remove pistons and bottom caps. Clean the valve case with a brush and isopropyl alcohol. Oil all pistons. If the pistons are numbered place 1st pistons in. Then blow, if correct spot it will work.if not try another pistons. Repeat on other pistons.
i thought i saw a video that said 1 and 2 =3, i think it said 1 is half , 2 is 1 and a half, and 3 is 2 or something like that?
please respond
2nd valve is a half step, 1st valve is a full step, and 3rd valve is one and a half steps. So, 1st and 2nd is the same as 3rd.
i was confused on how the trumpet would only be able to play like 10 notes, thanks for explaining this
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Why is it that I bought an Trumpet right out of the Box and it made no sound at at. I did check out the Valves and it looks normal.
You're the man! Thnx
glad you dug it!
Been playing for almost 3 months now and that's helped me LOTS, man. Truly. Thank you so much hahaha i deducted all chromatic valve position from what you taught here + the overtone series. Cheers
where do you press 1/3 ,0, 1/2 either way , as in i dont know which space or line to press.
Why do the valve combinations change higher in the register?
has to do with something called the 'harmonic series' or 'overtone series'. In higher ranges the notes are closer togeher so you can play more notes with the same valve. The reason 13 and 123 go away is because they are generally not as in-tune as the other potential fingerings. As you get higher you can play the same note with different valves - they will all hive a slightly different pitch and timbre. For example, top space E can be played open (no valves), 1+2 and 3rd valve only. All of those finger patterns have that E available on their personal harmonic series.Good question. I should probably throw something up.
Very useful tips👌
Glad you liked it
Film Composer coming here to learn how a Trumpet works for Arranging purposes. This video was SWEET and simple and taught me so much. Well done, and thank you!! Also if you have time, is that a Trumpet in F?
Great! It's in Bb. the most common are Bb and C.
Excellent lesson...
where is the GIF he mentions "down below"???
bro! thanks for this, super usefull
you bet!
Hey, im new to music theory... when did the chromatic scale only become 7 notes, i thought that was the major scale. Also, how is B at the end of the F scale? Im genuinely curious because i've spent way too long trying to figure out whats happening right now.
Yep he got that part wrong.
How do you figure which first note you play ?
First time ever, just wondering how a trumpet works :) so the initial note is given by your mouth? If that is correct, I guess you need to sing very well to be able to hit notes perfectly.
Is it the first partials only? C, B, Bb, A, G#, G, F#? Are those the notes?
Where is the chart showing the finger positions you promised in the video?
Honestly, I am not sure at this point. Possibly here in the 'Trumpet Foundations' lessons: www.blackwellstrumpetbasics.com/freetb/
Okay but how do you "start" on a particular note?
Why does the third valve even sound that bad when combinated with the third one? Is that related to just and equal intonation?
This video ends with, see the chart below, well, there is no chart below. Wheres the chart? Furthermore and I can't put a pic on here cos it won't let me do it, none of the charts online show a descending order for all notes as you say, e.g. F# on the charts I see show the next E as 0 valve, i.e. No valve!?! And the descending order starts again. 2/1/12/etc.
Hey Barry, the top space E is no valves, as well as all octaves above that. Maybe that's what you're seeing. Bottom line E is 12. This video was part of a beginning series I posted on my website called "Trumpet Foundations." Here's the link if you're interested. It's all in there. www.blackwellstrumpetbasics.com/?page_id=2127
The descending order shows the valve combinations for all notes from G in the staff and below. For the partials above that, the fingerings will still work but they are "alternate" valve combinations that are less in-tune.
Where is the fingering chart below?
Tell me how I’ve been playing trumpet for 5 years and am pretty good at it and didn’t think about it like this☠️
Garrett, I had been playing for 16 years before somebody showed me this! Haha!
Thank you
You're welcome. thanks for watching.
I like it
You were playing in F and then low Bb, not G and low C.
Edit: All your notes are a whole step down from what you're saying.
Great lesson, thanks for sharing!
My pleasure - glad you enjoyed.
How do i play the higher notes
From where did you buy your trumpet?
His reminds me of my McKay music trumpet
it's a yamaha 8310z
Can someone tell me if (besides the valves) the sound changes depending on how we throw air into the mouthpiece?
I know there are trumpets that are inclined towards specific keys, but I was always wondering if the keysound without the valves can depend on our force of air or something...
Not knowing whether comments to this video are still being monitored and answered, I will jump in and offer an answer.
Let's start by pretending you have a bugle (which, of course, has NO valves) rather than a trumpet. As you probably realize, a bugle can play only a limited number of notes, which represent the harmonics inherent in a piece of tubing the length of the bugle (if it were straightened out)--but the instrument offers no valves or keys to get from one harmonic to the other. Therefore, the player changes the notes by using his/her lips. This is done by "buzzing" the approximate pitch of the note the player wants to play, and in doing so, the desired harmonic is "selected"--that is, the air inside the bugle resonates with the pitch being produced by the player's lips. This takes some practice, but one's lips can be trained to produce the desired pitch quite easily.
As mentioned above, the bugle can only play the harmonics of the tube of which it is made. Now if we splice in some additional lengths of tubing, and provide valves to select if and when one or more sections of the additional tubing add to the length of the entire instrument, we can change the series of harmonics the instrument will produce--sort of like putting down the bugle and picking up a larger or smaller one to play the missing notes. Again, the pitch produced by the buzzing lips work in combination with the length of tubing chosen by the valves. The valves act to determine which series of harmonics can be produced at a particular tubing length, and the lips select which harmonic within the given series will be played.
Although I've played instruments over the course of "many" years, I took up my first brass instrument this past spring--a trombone. As you probably realize, the trombone changes the length of the tube by means of a slide rather than by valves (although there is such a thing as a valve trombone, but it is rare). The slide can be used in any of seven positions, and each one has its own set of harmonics. For example, with the slide in 1st position (retracted completely so it is at its shortest length), the instrument can play a low "pedal-tone" concert B flat, and then the B flat an octave higher, then the F above that, then the next B flat, then D, then another F and so on--which one is played depends on the player's lips. (This would be the equivalent of playing the trumpet with no valves depressed.) If the slide is moved to the 2nd position, then the series is "pedal-tone" A, then A, then E, then A, then C sharp, then E, etc.--which would be the equivalent of depressing the 2nd valve on the trumpet. (Because the trumpet is a "transposing" instrument, playing C on a trumpet is actually sounded as B flat--something I realized quickly when I started playing clarinet 60 years ago, and discovered it wasn't the same pitch as C on my mother's piano.
I hope this is of help in answering your question. I'm fascinated by the physics of musical instruments as well as the music they play. I will be getting a trumpet later this week (I've never played a valved brass instrument before), and my challenge to myself is to play the Star-Spangled Banner on it within a hour of picking it up to play it! (I've written it out--with fingerings--in the key of G so it involve the lower notes on the instrument.)
@@bobjacobson858 Thank you for explanation sir!
@@catoleg You're most welcome; I hope it was of help.
FWIW I was able to play the Star-Spangled Banner within minutes of picking up the trumpet--I already knew what each valve did and the range of notes it could play, so it was a matter of getting my lips "oriented" to the smaller mouthpiece and instrument, and then coordinating my lips with the appropriate use of the valves.
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If you can control the notes if your lips, why do you need the keys?
You can only get (about) 6 notes on the first two octaves of the trumpet range using each valve combination. We need seven valve combinations to end up with all 12 notes and multiple octaves of range.
I wanted to play trumpet when I was little but they shoved a clarinet in my hands. I hated the clarinet and started to play guitar instead. Now 20 years later I want to try trumpet again since m pretty advanced with guitar now and don't have much to discover with the instrument anymore. Should I buy a trumpet even though im already 30 yo?
YES!!!
absolutely. 30yo is nothing. maybe you can remember how fast you learned guitar. you probably had the basic chords within months and could play some songs within a year. I have no idea about the difficulty of a trumpet, but what I want to say is - imagine you practice 5 years playing the trumpet, then you will be only 35yo and might be able to use it for whatever. Follow your heart and don't be as stupid as I am.
But I see he is using a slide while doing the scales. I'm curious about what it does. I'm guessing it fine tunes the notes?
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low D and low C# are sharp!
is there a follow up video which talks about middle c to g?? that would be a great tool for me and my students
Hi Andres, thanks for the comment. I don't think there is one up yet but I'll see what I can put together. All the best!
Do you use a Bb trumpet or a C trumpet?
this is a Bb trumpet - thanks for watching!
my trumpet has not slide bar
Why am i watching this even though i dont have a trumpet hahaha
You're a whole step sharp, I tested the notes you were naming on a freshly-tuned guitar and I found that the "F#" was an E, and the "C" was a Bb. Other than that, great video, I'm just now learning trumpet.
I believe this is because the trumpet is tuned to Bb, so you have to do a tone modification in your head when reading, this happens with many classical instruments in the way they relate to "c"
In other words, a “step” is a tone, and “half-step” is a semitone.
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