WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | luis.e.aguilar1 | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/luis-e-aguilar1/activity/ Activity feed for luis.e.aguilar1. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:49:00 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 f1530e663627aacd3260c9b44d0f248c luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Can’t stop Lip buzzing in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cant-stop-lip-buzzing/#post-23079 Thu, 09 May 2019 17:28:36 +1000 Hi rwcarson11,

Thanks for your comments!
After having started with windworks, I evaluate my own playing by my sound and sense of relaxation. My sound is terrible at the moment, haha! Forced, small, nassle, and not relaxed. I used to play with a rolled in embouchure which helped me get some high notes but I was working way to hard.

Of course,…[Read more]

]]> 9fb847172aa344d57572e70d49bae3b9 luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Can’t stop Lip buzzing in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cant-stop-lip-buzzing/#post-23027 Wed, 08 May 2019 14:27:55 +1000 Here’s another question… Perhaps Im still overblowing? just how little air do we need to make a round sound??

]]> fe014bbc835c3a1435878ed77c82eb88 luis.e.aguilar1 started the topic Can’t stop Lip buzzing in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cant-stop-lip-buzzing/ Wed, 08 May 2019 12:49:21 +1000 Dear all,

Ill keep my post short. I don’t feel a sense of freedom, even at low C, because I can’t manage to stop buzzing my lips together. I have fuller lips. When I play soft and definitely not overblowing my lips buzz together. Even when doing the aahoo… I check by pulling out the mp. Also, when I try to play by release more air, the buz…[Read more]

]]> 5ea1498650cb14958b8ffe06195bc50d luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Mouthpiece size and mmmahhhwhoo! in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/mouthpiece-size-and-mmmahhhwhoo/#post-20720 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:43:04 +1100 Thanks for the message folks! Johnelwood! Turns out that your message really saved me. Believe it or not, yesterday I was really thinking about quitting. I was tired of fighting the trumpet. I was gonna send an email directly to Greg to see if I should quit or not. However, I had to go to work (dishwasher) and was in a panic trying (as a last…[Read more]

]]> a9f55c9fae18addaceedb6ed035940b0 luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Mouthpiece size and mmmahhhwhoo! in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/mouthpiece-size-and-mmmahhhwhoo/#post-19814 Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:07:04 +1100 Hi there, to continue on this thread. I do the mmmahhooo with the visualiser and I am completely relaxed. I then proceed with the mouthpiece and am totally relaxed but the mouthpiece (mp) completely sits on the red of the lips. I have fuller lips, and even more now since I do the mmmaaahooo. I even bought a Denis Wick 1X (18mm) so that I could fit…[Read more]

]]> 64299ada40a7bc9b49e48224ae6b7ea8 luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Overblowing and sympathetic lips in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/overblowing-and-sympathetic-lips/#post-17655 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:57:09 +1100 Johnelwood, thanks for your comments and suggestions. Your paragraph, particularly on maggio, explains really well what I experienced yesterday and today. I have never studied Maggio but I’ve seen the monkey image. Basically, I understood, through experimenting, I greatly underestimated the required firmness of my aperture corners. You mention a…[Read more]

]]> 48e942fef29ccce050d7f54c404bfd85 luis.e.aguilar1 started the topic Overblowing and sympathetic lips in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/overblowing-and-sympathetic-lips/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:54:11 +1100 My friends Im back with another question. It’s about overblowing. Since my last post… for about a week I was making great improvements until I realised that overblowing sneaked and creeped back into my playing. Perhaps I lost focus. So I’m starting again but really focusing on not kicking and not overblowing and staying completely relaxed (li…[Read more]

]]> 8de943a7b3d8c09c6ed20ac5bd12c44d luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Sensation of Relaxed lips in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/sensation-of-relaxed-lips/#post-16721 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 05:16:54 +1100 I guess my next step, after realising of overblowing, is to make sure my lips don’t clamp due to less air?

]]> 428e2ca89e9b1bfe8b94d65fffb43e10 luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Sensation of Relaxed lips in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/sensation-of-relaxed-lips/#post-16719 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 04:33:13 +1100 Thank you guys for your comments. I think I have identified my root problem/ inefficiency. I believe I have been overblowing since the day I started playing. I think I have always put too much air through the trumpet which has always caused my tone quality to dampen. I have been working way too hard and not having enough fun. I just realised this…[Read more]

]]> 09c9044b213436e8079c4ba36a7e0dc4 luis.e.aguilar1 started the topic Sensation of Relaxed lips in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/sensation-of-relaxed-lips/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:21:21 +1100 Dear trumpet players,

I believe I am really confused about the feeling of relaxed lips. I don’t think I know what that feels like! I know its an odd topic but what sensation should I aim for? Can anyone explain a little as to what relaxed lips should “feel” like?

I believe I now do the bodys concert hall with relative success (open throa…[Read more]

]]> 6655b6611e638bab8f06c2c5dd1997f0 luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Feel lips vibrate in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/feel-lips-vibrate/#post-12529 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:43:00 +1100 Dear Greg thanks for your response and for Windworks! You’re an excellent teacher and trumpet player!

I definitely try not to control but only observe the feeling of my lips vibrate as the wind passes. Do you feel the same sensation? I believe this feeling allows me to sense where the wind is going. At the beginning of the course I felt like to…[Read more]

]]> 3977d174fd17314c217df393813b80df luis.e.aguilar1 started the topic Feel lips vibrate in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/feel-lips-vibrate/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:42:36 +1100 Dear Greg and fellow trumpet players:
Not too long ago I read something about {feeling lips vibrate while playing}. I started to concentrate on this feeling and have noticed that when I concentrate on the feeling of how my lips vibrate when playing, especially when I ascend, the vibrating surface changes. I feel like every note has a different…[Read more]

]]> 3fd6f8d9d852a5bb85ab358ccdc19cd7 luis.e.aguilar1 started the topic Lips outside mouthpiece in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/lips-outside-mouthpiece/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:48:41 +1100 Hello fellow trumpeters,

I have thick lips and especially when doing the AAAAHOOOO most of my lips are outside the visualiser and the mouthpiece (mp). I have read countless times that the red of the lips should remain inside the mp. I recently bought a Denis Wick 17.50mm (a large mp) to replace my 3C yet my lips remain outside. Should I try to…[Read more]

]]> cfbe7c7fcfba720b2da0e7f6080b1439 luis.e.aguilar1 replied to the topic Keeping teeth apart in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/keeping-teeth-apart/#post-9533 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:45:52 +1100 I was wondering about a similar situation. Perhaps there is an exercise which helps keep the jaw open? To ensure a round sound when ascending. It would be interesting to get some input on this topic! Thanks

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