3 Steps to Reduce Mouthpiece Pressure - Trumpet Lesson
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Reducing Mouthpiece Pressure
Trumpet Lesson
by Eddie Lewis
My approach to dealing with mouthpiece pressure is different from what I've seen with a lot of other teachers. This video talks about three steps to reducing pressure by looking at the trumpet player as a complete system. I believe trumpet mouthpiece pressure is a symptom of problems, not the problem itself.
I wrote a blog about this topic that you can read here:
eltigredo.com/blog/?p=11659
Eddie Lewis' Websites:
www.EddieLewis.com
eltigredo.com/blog
thank you, you solved my problems, and made me a better trumpet player
That's wonderful news! That's what I like to hear. Congratulations! Keep up the good work!
More Gold Eddie! You have hit the nail on the head.
Thank you Tim. I hope you received my email today. If not, then let me know.
Hi, love the vids and you have a follow. Some learnings for me over time is that I've witnessed that pressure isn't just introduced through fatigue. It's perhaps a bi-product of bad technique and airflow, other factors such as not knowing you're introducing pressure is possible. Practice of course makes sense, but gremlins and anxieties etc creap in, and some of the holding with one hand stuff helps train the brain and chops to create the optimum level of support etc. I'm not fussed with all the gadgets, as I agree.....practice, and find a tutor would be the optimum support route.
I'm a come back player after years out of the military, and coming back to fitness I certainly experienced some variance in consistency and still working on it. I work hard, take breaks, don't play until I'm tiered and have a plan for practice. Finally don't put too much pressure on yourself!!!
I'll be giving the other sessions a listen as I'm always keen to learn. 🎺🙂
I agree with you to a degree. I still think that the initial causation for the faulty mechanics is fatigue. But those faulty mechanics persist long, long after the fatigue is gone. So it can look like fatigue has nothing to do with it. You can set those faulty mechanics into place within the first few days of learning the trumpet, and still be playing that way for years (or even decades) afterwards.
I hope you are enjoying your comeback. If you ever have questions, please feel free to ask.... you can even join us live at one of our semi-weekly Q and A sessions.
Hi Eddie from one of the "Anthony's" . ..I think.I m on the right track now.After listening to your other video on Beat ,hour and Day Level I think I got it .I was practicing much too much! .I break it up now 1 hour , hour break , half hour , 30 minute break etc...My wife was complaining I practice too much too ....trying to keep peace in the family.lol
But also I did think you had to practice a few hours to get really good enough to play professional I am confused...
When you follow the three levels of rest, you can actually do MORE practice and have less problems. I don't do this anymore, but for over twenty years I practiced eight hours on Tuesdays. The rest of the week I practiced between two to four hours each day. I always took on full day off per week. I did all of that and never had the fatigue issues that other people did and I believe it was because of the four levels of rest.
AND.....
I sometimes have students who practice very little, like maybe half an hour per week. But if they don't do the rest as long as you play level of rest, they experience problems with their chops. Two sides of the same coin.
You can do more hours of practice if you rest right.
I hope that makes sense.
Yes !.......I think??😉So I just finished an hour ...now rest an hour? Then next half hour play ...then Rest 30 mins.then 15 play and so on ...correct?
Wonderful video.. no surprise
Thank you Tony!
Don’t know why I did not start to watch these tutorials sooner…really helpful…
Never too late. 😀
Would these tips also work for euphonium?
Since I don't play euphonium, I won't give a definitive answer. I can only tell you that, in theory, yes, I think these trumpet tips will also work on euphonium.
Do you practice very softly long tones and slowly slowly build 🎺🎺?
I do that sometimes, but not in the context of trying to reduce mouthpiece pressure.
✌ 🎺🗿
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