Category: Lectures
Sound Advice 5 – Mouthpiece Placement
Trumpet Mouthpiece Lip Placement. Finding the optimum placement of the trumpet mouthpiece is essential if you want to develop flexibility, endurance, range and a pure sound. Would you believe most people manipulate their lips when placing the mouthpiece. This causes a required force of air to get the desired oscillation of the lips tissue […]
Beginner Video 4 – How To Warm Up
Learn how to warm up on the trumpet. How easy is this – out of the first five trumpet notes, you only need to push valves down on three of those notes. Too easy! Don’t be like the slackers and take a whole year to learn this! Forward to Beginner Video 5 – […]
Sound Advice 6 – Classical and Commercial Trumpet Playing
What is the difference commercial trumpet playing and classical trumpet playing? The answers are contained within… Back to Sound Advice 5 – Mouthpiece Placement Back to Sound Advice Category Back to All Categories
Beginner Video 5 – Articulation and Tonguing
Articulation and Tonguing on the Trumpet. Learn to easily release the air using the tongue to start the notes. Many people do this in different ways. Say “tu” or “too” or “du” or “goo” or “ku” or “lu”. The sound that you need to make will determine how you start the notes. Sometimes we don’t […]
Intermediate Series
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What Size Mouthpiece Should I Use
Mouthpieces change sound. Shallower mouthpieces may make the upper end of your range easier to play but will not necessarily give you added range. There is a big change in timbre when you change mouthpieces and you need to find a piece that sounds and feels right for the job you are doing. Beginners should […]
Lips and Air Misconceptions
Trumpet Air Vibration. People often ask, how does the trumpet work. Sound is made by the vibrations of air BETWEEN the upper and lower lips. This vibration causes the lips to oscillate allowing puffs of air to travel through the trumpet. The vibration of the lips is caused by the reflection of energy travelling through […]
