Chris and Hajo,
Thanks for the insight! I agree there is a lot to the equation. I think I am on the right track with getting rid of forward jaw movement and jaw tension. I also don’t expect it to happen in the span of a few weeks or months. The MtM course has brought a lot of awareness to the limitations of my previous playing style and that is…[Read more]

Thank you, Hajo!

Christopher
I made the same way you described.
Watching Charly Porter and following his exercises.
Observing the embouchure of good players
Imitating there sounds etc.

Today I know that every player is different.
Every player looks different

What we can see is only the outside part of the embouchure.
After MtM I know that it is not important…[Read more]

Rob,

I’ve always played the same way as what you are describing.

I’ve spent the last 18 months trying to change this, just over 12-months of it looking at MTM. I’ve made some progress, but not there yet, and don’t really know the answer.

However, I don’t think that trying to play ‘down’ is necessarily the answer in itself, though.

For me,…[Read more]

How long have you been working through MtM.
It seems to me that you are very frustrated.
Although I can understand you I would like to give you an advice.
Stay in the process and concentrate on every tiny explanation from Greg.

I could improve my playing during the last two years and I am sure you will make it , too.

Frustration can be a good…[Read more]

Hi Hajo,
I’ve been working through the MTM course and I can tell I’m not as efficient as I know I should be. As I progress higher my jaw starts to move forward. This is not the intention I believe Greg has when he says to keep the lips forward, milk spout, etc. However, it’s a habit I have had for a long time so it is difficult to change. I am…[Read more]

Hi Rob

I recommend to you to start immediately with Greg Spence MtM and you will learn a new Technik to play the trumpet.

I learned his method during the last two years. Today I am able to play hours. My range improved incredible up to high g.

I am going to quit the program by the end of this month.

If you like please contact me…[Read more]

That sounds good Jerome
It seems you are on the right way.

You are right to increase volume you have to activate your body but not to much.

To play higher only corners in and experiment with your tongue.

Hajo,
I think it’s ok for me from low C to E (top staff), passively and very soft sound. But when I have to activate for a louder sound (not FFF) and/or to play higher, I don’t understand how to do with coners, aperture and top lip (bottom lip is ok with milk spout).
Is the first goal is to have soft sounds, for each note, “only” with corners,…[Read more]

Jerome
don’t think to much about the position or movement of the top and bottom lip.

I recommend to concentrate on the idea of aaaaaoooo and the feeling of milk spout.

With that movement ( horizontal) you can learn to play from nonote to low note and pitch change.

You have to learn the process and to practice the process first.

In my o…[Read more]

Hi,
I have the same problem and was wondering the same thing.
I have trouble “tightening” the corners while leaving the middle of the top lip completely free.
I must be missing something. 🙂
The concept of “No sound” is easy to understand, but that of “No top lip”, as you can hear Greg say in the videos, is less obvious.
It was actually a question…[Read more]

Hello Rob

The idea of the feeling and using of your top lip is the bedsheet.
The top lip reacts on the airflow.

You have to learn and practice the feeling of aaaaaaoooo to change the pitch first.

With the top lip ( bedsheet) and the bottom lip (Milk spout)
That will give you mor and more a good relaxed feeling to play a passive low c
Hope that…[Read more]