Nice, crisp explanation with the demonstration to back it up. Your closing point about setting for the upper range is a good one. Doing that in a relaxed manner is the next trick.
Great video! Straight to the point and filled with usefull information. - making the higher note embouchure the 'starting point' and learn to play the lower notes does make a whole lot of sens
I saw the title of this video and I thought, “OK, so here we go again.” However, I was pleasantly surprised by all the good advice. Use a close instead of open embouchure. Set point of G on top of the staff. Small aperture with fast air (and it doesn’t take very much). The pencil exercise, and this variation, which was new info to me. I look forward to trying this. My range is already good, but I’m always looking for ways to make it easier, so I’ll have to play around with this and see what happens. Thanks.
Yes, I do teach that to my beginners, but it helps to have something like this to help show them physically how to do it. This is obviously an extreme and you will need to unfurl the lips a little, but not a lot.
Great explanation of using the coffee straw. I like how you set it up with the bottom lip first. I use a very similar system when working with my students that have braces. I will be adding this to my tool box. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic!!! I am thrilled! The way shown here is really comprehensible and works! After struggling for years, it suddenly works like clockwork. Thank you so much for this great video!!!
Really nice video on an embouchure technique you can use for the upper register. Very similar to the Roy Stevens embouchure described in his book "Embouchure Self Analysis". Jeff Smiley's book "The Balanced Embouchure" is another great resource that utilizes the same general principles. You state so many good ideas and concepts in your video here. Well done!
Thank you very much. I'm not familiar with those methods. I have heard of the Balanced Embouchure, but I've not researched it. I'll have to check those out.
As a former student of Roy Stevens from the early 1970's you are 100% correct. I paid Roy $45, an hour in 1976 for lessons you're giving for free on RUclips, LOL. Your video proves what I learned from Roy Stevens if born with an underbite you could be another Maynard Ferguson.
Should we start our warm ups at that G just above the "pentagrama"? Would it be bad for the lips to do that, starting a little high? So many myths out there (. Thank you!
How important is the wind power for range? Took a lesson on the Bobby Shew Wedge Breath method. The wedge breath doesn't really talk about the embouchure. Just wondering.
Hey, my embouchure is off centered from my nose and Linda off centered ok my lips. I can consistently play a high d. The would be the d o I’ve c6. However I can’t play any higher than that d. Is it because of my off center embouchure? Or is more likely lack of practice in the upper register?
Hi @jltrumpet81, I really found your video helpful with straightforward approach. I've been building a trumpet practicing / tips archive for Korean trumpeters and would like to translate this video and share with other if possible - would you kindly allow me to do this with your video? I'll refer to you and the original video of course. Cheers! Jay
The faster the air comes out, the higher the pitch, in theory. We talk about sizzling air to increase the speed. I’ll see if I can make a short demonstration video to explain air speed and how to control it.
@@jltrumpet81 "Comes out"? You mean out of the bell? Out of the lungs? What do you mean by "sizzling"? How did you measure the air "speed"? Pitch is frequency, what does that have to do with "speed"? When you write "speed" are you referring to air flow velocity?
@@darryljones9208 yes, the velocity of air. Imagine a water hose without a nozzle on the end. The water just flows normally out. Hold your thumb over the end and it creates some resistance and the water shoots out with higher velocity. This is the same with our airstream. Our tongue is the thumb over the end of the hose. That creates a “sizzle” in the air. Blow air out with a normal open mouth, then gradually push your tongue forward towards the back of your top teeth. You will hear an increase in air velocity and even the pitch of the airstream will go up. It also correlates with whistling.
@@jltrumpet81 but wait. There is never an open mouth when playing, there is always a lip aperture which is far more narrow than the air path through the oral space. so then there is already a nozzle of sorts. (Not to mention the acoustic resistance of rhe instrument itself). And if there is already a dominant resistance, then the lung air pressure already exists right beforethe aperture. Narrowing the path before it would reduce the flow and reduce the air pressure available. Do you really think that narrowing the air path BEFORE the lip aperture will increase the air velocity THROUGH the aperture? If so how did you measure that air velocity? Obviously the vibration is at the lip aperture. Not on top of the tounge. Is the velocity then the same for all dynamic levels on a contant pitch? How is that even possible? Wouldn't the velocity also increase as we increase the blowing effort to play louder? How then could we play dynamics on a contant pitch?
@@darryljones9208 You ask really great questions. I can tell you are an engineer. I won't pretend to have answers to all these questions. I did make a short video that will become public today at 3:30pm Eastern. Be on the lookout for that. I may have answered some of your questions you raise, but definitely not all of them. I do not have the equipment to measure the velocity that comes out. I wish I did. In theory the velocity of a given pitch will remain constant at any dynamic. Often times we hear people play crescendos or decrescendos on a pitch and hear their pitch go sharp or flat. This is a good sign that they are not maintaining a constant velocity of air. Most often we refer to them lacking in support or not maintaining a firm embouchure. All of those things play a role. Yes, the vibrations of the lips are where the sound comes from and the initial frequency. There used to be a good video on RUclips of a trumpet being played with silicone lips and an air compressor. You might be able to find it. The changes in the velocity of the air through those synthetic lips changed the pitch allowing the trumpet to play different partials. It's a really cool video that shows how simple it can be only using air speed to control our pitch. Make sure to watch my video when it comes out this afternoon. As with anything trumpet related, what works for me might not work for you. I always keep an open mind to experimenting and finding what works or doesn't work for me. Thank you for this great conversation.
I appreciate your video, good explanation, I am going to try it, but looking at Maynard s lips, he doesn't look like he used a straw. His lips are unfurled while playing
Yes, there are different schools of thought. You have to find the one that works for you. I also do a bit of unfurling, but this is a great way to approach for those players who play with too much “pink”. Lynn Nicholson has a great lesson on how to play with the unfurling method. He calls it the MF Protocol. Check it out.
I do agree that some have a more natural ability to play high, but I also believe that anyone can gain control of the “normal” trumpet range. “Normal” being low F# to High C. After all, those are the money notes. Everything above that is extra, and for some people, it’s never needed. However, if you can get to F above High C, then your High C will be reliable in a performance setting.
Nice, crisp explanation with the demonstration to back it up. Your closing point about setting for the upper range is a good one. Doing that in a relaxed manner is the next trick.
Great video! Straight to the point and filled with usefull information.
- making the higher note embouchure the 'starting point' and learn to play the lower notes does make a whole lot of sens
I saw the title of this video and I thought, “OK, so here we go again.” However, I was pleasantly surprised by all the good advice. Use a close instead of open embouchure. Set point of G on top of the staff. Small aperture with fast air (and it doesn’t take very much). The pencil exercise, and this variation, which was new info to me. I look forward to trying this. My range is already good, but I’m always looking for ways to make it easier, so I’ll have to play around with this and see what happens. Thanks.
Thanks for the great comments. I sincerely hope it helps. For some it works and others it does not. I’m always open to trying new techniques.
Thank you very much for this demonstration, most videos mention to say"Mmmmmmm", but there's so many gray areas with that step.
Yes, I do teach that to my beginners, but it helps to have something like this to help show them physically how to do it. This is obviously an extreme and you will need to unfurl the lips a little, but not a lot.
Thanks a lot for ur technique. It helped me a lot to finally play “G”. I realized that I ave been blowing too much air. U now have a new subscriber 😅🎉
That’s awesome!
Great explanation of using the coffee straw. I like how you set it up with the bottom lip first. I use a very similar system when working with my students that have braces. I will be adding this to my tool box. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic!!! I am thrilled! The way shown here is really comprehensible and works! After struggling for years, it suddenly works like clockwork. Thank you so much for this great video!!!
Really nice video on an embouchure technique you can use for the upper register. Very similar to the Roy Stevens embouchure described in his book "Embouchure Self Analysis". Jeff Smiley's book "The Balanced Embouchure" is another great resource that utilizes the same general principles. You state so many good ideas and concepts in your video here. Well done!
Thank you very much. I'm not familiar with those methods. I have heard of the Balanced Embouchure, but I've not researched it. I'll have to check those out.
As a former student of Roy Stevens from the early 1970's you are 100% correct. I paid Roy $45, an hour in 1976 for lessons you're giving for free on RUclips, LOL. Your video proves what I learned from Roy Stevens if born with an underbite you could be another Maynard Ferguson.
Straightforward! Thanks for sharing!
Interesting trick. I am familiar with the pencil exercise. Haven’t seen this technique. 👍
May I ask what trumpet you have? Also very informative video thanks alot
Best trumpet lesson ever on the emboucher: congratulations.
I'm glad I found your channel ☺️
This video was very helpful,thank you 🎺
Should we start our warm ups at that G just above the "pentagrama"? Would it be bad for the lips to do that, starting a little high? So many myths out there (. Thank you!
How important is the wind power for range? Took a lesson on the Bobby Shew Wedge Breath method. The wedge breath doesn't really talk about the embouchure. Just wondering.
Ottimo.
Hey, my embouchure is off centered from my nose and Linda off centered ok my lips. I can consistently play a high d. The would be the d o I’ve c6. However I can’t play any higher than that d. Is it because of my off center embouchure? Or is more likely lack of practice in the upper register?
This is impossible to answer without seeing you and hearing you. I suggest you get with a trumpet teacher in your area.
Hi @jltrumpet81, I really found your video helpful with straightforward approach. I've been building a trumpet practicing / tips archive for Korean trumpeters and would like to translate this video and share with other if possible - would you kindly allow me to do this with your video? I'll refer to you and the original video of course. Cheers! Jay
Hi Jay! That would be awesome. Thank you.
@@jltrumpet81 Thank you!
Please don't. You would be translating misinformation.
@@trumpettech456okay mister 23 subs sure...
@@ThePinkLemon1468 like that is an argument . Haha.
The really high pitched tone OF The trumpet reminds me of Angie Gutierrez and JD's sister
thanks this video was helpful
can i try the same thing with euphonium?
Yes, this works on all brass instruments.
Thanks alot man!
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Good video JL, nice variation on the pencil technique. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Thanks
Is that a SE Shires trumpet?
Yes, it is. CMW Model
What do you mean by "air speed " ?
The faster the air comes out, the higher the pitch, in theory. We talk about sizzling air to increase the speed. I’ll see if I can make a short demonstration video to explain air speed and how to control it.
@@jltrumpet81 "Comes out"? You mean out of the bell? Out of the lungs? What do you mean by "sizzling"? How did you measure the air "speed"?
Pitch is frequency, what does that have to do with "speed"? When you write "speed" are you referring to air flow velocity?
@@darryljones9208 yes, the velocity of air. Imagine a water hose without a nozzle on the end. The water just flows normally out. Hold your thumb over the end and it creates some resistance and the water shoots out with higher velocity. This is the same with our airstream. Our tongue is the thumb over the end of the hose. That creates a “sizzle” in the air. Blow air out with a normal open mouth, then gradually push your tongue forward towards the back of your top teeth. You will hear an increase in air velocity and even the pitch of the airstream will go up. It also correlates with whistling.
@@jltrumpet81 but wait. There is never an open mouth when playing, there is always a lip aperture which is far more narrow than the air path through the oral space. so then there is already a nozzle of sorts. (Not to mention the acoustic resistance of rhe instrument itself). And if there is already a dominant resistance, then the lung air pressure already exists right beforethe aperture. Narrowing the path before it would reduce the flow and reduce the air pressure available. Do you really think that narrowing the air path BEFORE the lip aperture will increase the air velocity THROUGH the aperture?
If so how did you measure that air velocity?
Obviously the vibration is at the lip aperture. Not on top of the tounge.
Is the velocity then the same for all dynamic levels on a contant pitch?
How is that even possible?
Wouldn't the velocity also increase as we increase the blowing effort to play louder?
How then could we play dynamics on a contant pitch?
@@darryljones9208 You ask really great questions. I can tell you are an engineer. I won't pretend to have answers to all these questions. I did make a short video that will become public today at 3:30pm Eastern. Be on the lookout for that. I may have answered some of your questions you raise, but definitely not all of them.
I do not have the equipment to measure the velocity that comes out. I wish I did.
In theory the velocity of a given pitch will remain constant at any dynamic. Often times we hear people play crescendos or decrescendos on a pitch and hear their pitch go sharp or flat. This is a good sign that they are not maintaining a constant velocity of air. Most often we refer to them lacking in support or not maintaining a firm embouchure. All of those things play a role.
Yes, the vibrations of the lips are where the sound comes from and the initial frequency. There used to be a good video on RUclips of a trumpet being played with silicone lips and an air compressor. You might be able to find it. The changes in the velocity of the air through those synthetic lips changed the pitch allowing the trumpet to play different partials. It's a really cool video that shows how simple it can be only using air speed to control our pitch.
Make sure to watch my video when it comes out this afternoon. As with anything trumpet related, what works for me might not work for you. I always keep an open mind to experimenting and finding what works or doesn't work for me.
Thank you for this great conversation.
I appreciate your video, good explanation, I am going to try it, but looking at Maynard s lips, he doesn't look like he used a straw. His lips are unfurled while playing
Yes, there are different schools of thought. You have to find the one that works for you. I also do a bit of unfurling, but this is a great way to approach for those players who play with too much “pink”. Lynn Nicholson has a great lesson on how to play with the unfurling method. He calls it the MF Protocol. Check it out.
Can’t even get a sound when I tried this
Works for some and not for others. I’m an advocate for trying different approaches until you find what works for you.
Please i need to know more about how to play high not on trompet. I am from Indonesia...
I can barely manage 4th line D. You either are born with the right lip formation or you are not.
I do agree that some have a more natural ability to play high, but I also believe that anyone can gain control of the “normal” trumpet range. “Normal” being low F# to High C. After all, those are the money notes. Everything above that is extra, and for some people, it’s never needed. However, if you can get to F above High C, then your High C will be reliable in a performance setting.
step one - aquire "lettuce"
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