THE ART OF BEING DIFFERENT
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON BRASS PLAYING TECHNIQUES
BACKED BY PHYSICS
THE PHYSICS OF TRUMPET PLAYING
In life we develop and grow through new understandings from our own experience and the experience of others. Physics can sometimes help us to discover, through experimentation, new ways of perceiving things.
With the understanding of the:
The Bernoulli Principle
Simply put, when a trumpet player blows air through the mouthpiece and into the instrument, the air passes through a small opening called the aperture. As the air passes through this aperture, it speeds up and creates a region of lower air pressure just beyond the mouthpiece. This lower pressure area then causes the lips of the player, which are positioned at the end of the trumpet’s mouthpiece, to vibrate and produce sound, (Sympathetic Oscillation).
The frequency of the sound produced is determined by the rate at which the lips vibrate, which in turn is controlled by the player’s embouchure (the way they shape their lips and position them on the mouthpiece) and the amount of air they blow into the instrument. By adjusting these factors, the player can produce different notes and control the pitch and dynamics of their playing.
Loose lips responding to variations in air pressure work more efficiently than tight lips creating a buzz.
Velocity
According to Arthur H Bernard (physicist), The velocity through an aperture is determined by the aperture itself. In trumpet playing the aperture is the opening between the lips. Changing the aperture size changes the velocity of air, changing the pitch produced.
Increased flow of air through from the body to change pitch is a flawed idea when understanding this science correctly.
N.S.W. University Acoustics Department Experiment
When Joe Wolfe was asked – “Do lips have to close every oscillation?” He and the University Acoustics Department set up a test where a mechanical system with fake lips for a Trombone mouthpiece and a Didgeridoo was created. The conclusion was oscillation happened without closing the lips. This lead to the understanding of not closing the lips, NO BUZZ was needed.
Or in the famous words of brass mouthpiece maker Bob Reeves when asked, “do lips have to touch?” his answer was ” No man they just ride the wave.”
Conclusion of Scientific Principles
The Bernoulli principle plays a major role in controlling the pitch of the notes played on the trumpet. By adjusting the tension at the corners of the aperture of your lips, you can change the speed of the air passing through the aperture, and hence the pressure differential that causes the lips to vibrate. This allows you to play different notes and create different musical pitches. Our misunderstanding of the role of the lips and tongue has lead us to an over exertion of the breathing system (overblowing). There is no need for the lips to completely close to vibrate (no buzz needed).
THE SCIENCE OF EFFICIENCY
3 MAJOR OBSTACLES WE CAN CHANGE
1. Not understanding how the system works.
2. Pinching the lips.
3. Overblowing.
THE SCIENCE OF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
THE SYSTEM PART 1. THE BODY SYSTEM
Understanding how the body system works is of monumental importance to your playing. Why? Because this skill is vital for identifying biases, detecting fallacies, and distinguishing between fact and opinion.
In simplistic terms, brass playing requires airflow from the lungs through the lips into the mouthpiece cup through the instrument and out through the bell to produce sound.
The diagram is a basic illustration of the whole system.
The creation of sound through this system is produced from the flow of air from the lungs then through the lips (soft top lip), which oscillates sympathetically from the variation of the air pressure from the lungs and the air pressure reflecting back from the bell of the instrument, (the Bernoulli principle).
The body system is the energy source which is created by the expansion and reduction of the breathing system, (as the body reduces, energy is created by the compression of air molecules in the lungs which is higher than atmospheric pressure).
THE ROLE OF THE LIPS
THE CONDUIT
The lips are where the instrument and the body meet. Due to the
THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE LIPS ROLE IN BRASS PLAYING
The misunderstanding of the role of the lips and tongue leads to an overexertion of the breathing system. THE LIPS DON’T NEED TO BUZZ.
THE SCIENCE
WHAT I DISCOVERED CAN NOW BE YOURS
The Trumpet Breakthrough That’s Changing Everything
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