Rozar Demolin bro people are stupid they didn't get it...but I'm in 10th grade and can play a grand c and I've only been playing for a year...no method is better than practice and dedication
I'm in my second year of secondary school, and I started playing the trumpet last year, I get one hour lesson once a week, and I practice for at least half an hour every night, most times more than that. I have made it up to high c, and I'm still working on it. This video really helped out, because I watched it at the start of summer, and I was only making it to middle c.
Most people will brag of their wide range of capabilities in notes, but it wouldn't matter unless they had technique, skill, and quick acknowledgement of key signatures; not to mention modes or other jazz chords ... The moral of the story is, utilize those great capabilities in a way where you don't just play a simple quarter or whole note.
I do it that way for specific reasons about balancing the mouthpiece pressure evenly on my bottom and top lip. As a beginner, you should not worry about that. If you are a younger person, your hand is probably the right size to grip it the way your teacher told you.
Im a trombone player (about a year) i started playing the trumpet and was able to instantly play a double high C so i think playing the lower tones that loosen up you lips to get them flexable (like a warm up) would really help
I bought a 14aa mouthpiece only to hit high notes, and it worked almost instantly. I can now hit a triple Eb and I am only a senior in high school, so i really would get that mouthpiece and also practice all the time.
Thank you for replying. You're right about bad habits and being so new I definitely want to do it right even if it means doing it slow. I play a lot of instruments but no other brass. I don't know what the technique is for blowing different pitches. I can do it by pushing into the mouthpiece, by blowing harder, and by tightening my lips. Each works and each has drawbacks. I don't know how the 'right' way is. How big is the airhole for instance and are you using your tongue to change pitch.
This was helpful. i learned a lot from the part about having a good base, but the only problem is that I run out of air while moving through the register.
When I practice that chromatic scale and I get down to that low f#, I find it hard to adjust back to the embochure I use for the high notes when I go back up the scale.
Hi Greg, the trick is to eliminate the need for multiple embouchures. If you can set up for a nice relaxed G in the treble clef, then work the chromatic scale upward and downward without manipulating your jaw or lips. With proper practice, over time your embouchure will respond better to the low notes, and you won't have to change with different registers. Watch yourself play in the mirror to double check.
+John Lake Jazz John, using a regular embochure i can get to about the first a above the staff but if i switch to an embochure with my lips tucked completely in i can get about the first c above the staff. any tips how to get higher with my regular embochure?
Hi Carl, sorry for the late reply. It's tough to say without seeing you in person, but I will say that many people find they can play higher by altering their embouchure for that register. As an educator, I advise against that, as it will only lead to further problems down the road. Better to use one embouchure to fit your entire range. I know it may be the slow road, but you're better off for it.
If you're getting a headache or starting to get dizzy, it usually means you're doing a combination of taking in too much air, using excessive mouthpiece pressure, using excessive lip tension, and/or closing off your throat. The toughest thing about this instrument is trying to forget/lose all of the habits that we learned from our first couple of years when we popped out a 3rd space C from a 2nd line G by adding one or more of the above things. :)
What mouthpiece would you recommend for me? I'm in 9th grade and have bend playing trumpet for 3 years and can hit a high E or sometimes G above the staff. I have a Yamaha student trumpet and a 7c mouthpiece and want a mouthpiece for better sound and ease of hitting high notes. I'm also, by the way, in marching band and jazz band.
Like when I play harmonica I can use my tongue to distort the air to bend notes up or down and on the recorder I can similarly change the octave I'm playing at by disrupting the airstream with my tongue. On the trumpet it seems to do nothing but add a growl. I have a very tight airgap on anything above middle C and I just dont' know how to blow above middle c without clamping down and getting red in the face.
One more thing. I'm about 2 weeks in practicing and I'm starting to work my way into the higher registers but I'm really struggling and I think it's my embouchure and my method for changing notes. I struggled heavily the first few days just getting a buzz and it was a week before I could play a scale. I am trying to play when the saints come marching in and that high D is killing me. The only way I can get it to play with authority is by incredible breath pressure, I'm getting pounding headach
Hello I'm a beginning player and I have a question about your grip. Is there a reason you hold the instrument the way you do on your left hand with the finger hooked under? It's hard to tell from the video but it almost looks like your middle finger wraps around your ring finger inside the loop and your pinky gripping the bottom. I was taught to loop my indes, middle, and ring around the valve casing and pinky resting on the slide.
Believe it or not one of the problems is I am a singer. I have heavy duty lung capacity and diaphragm technique for really belting out vocals. When singing though it's easy to vent any left over air when breathing. I have far too much air on tap for what the trumpet needs and the backpressure coupled with too much oxygen. I'm slowly making my way into upper registers now using a more open embouchure and tilting. I wasn't holding my teeth far enough apart before. Pencil trick helped me with that.
everyone is saying how good they are but one player in our marching band started last year, and he is one of the best players I've ever met from nothing to our best soloist in 1 year,
3:58 Holy crap... thats so high... Im wanting to get back into trumpet (played in junior high but braces made it hard so I stopped). I didnt even realize the trumpet went that high O.o
Shazeen82 Also check out Jim Manley from St. Louis, Mo. He's a super nice guy and has has range skills that are out of this world. You can find him on youtube and he also offers lessons online.
That's cool. Good luck with your endeavors on the horn. It can take awhile to get good on it, but if you're driven and persistent, you'll make it happen. Try to find a good teacher (someone who has played professionally ideally) near you and take lessons from him/her in person if you haven't already. They can diagnose things a lot better if they're in the room with you watching what you do and listening. The worst thing to do is to start learning this thing using bad habits.
I'm getting pounding headaches doing this. It's not like i'm blowing till I'm red in the face but something like that. The backpressure on higher notes coupled with my tight embouchure makes for incredible pressure on my head from the air pressure. I'm a singer and it's taking a considerable amount of work to play these notes. If I were singing it would be at concert volume using breath pressures that high.
Would love to hit the high notes with power but I'd probably just lose friends and neighbors. Cornetist/trumpeter Bobby Hackett sold a horn and advertised it as having a high range that was never used. Play "loud all the time"? Too Shakespearian. But seriously, you have some nice chops there John Lake!
Nice balanced "wholesome" method, John - not to mention great sound and range. What do you think of the Cat Anderson whispering G method? I tried it for a couple of months and found it shot my sound to bits. Maybe I was doing something wrong.
Hi Christopher, I am well aware of the Cat method, and have performed warmups very much like his whisper G for many years. There is great value in playing soft, especially as a warmup. I'll be publishing some new videos soon on the subject.
At 2:14 you can here your breath just before you play the note. In my youth I was taught to begin a note with a 'ta', but now (after a 32 year break) I just start the air like you did, with no 'ta' (except of course for accents). Is there a right or wrong way to 'attack' the note or is it just personal preference ?
Hey Matt, what you're talking about is called a breath attack. It's something that's great to practice because it requires you begin the note efficiently and without creating tension. However, most of the time in performance, articulation (ta) is used to begin the first note in each phrase.
John is absolutely right. It's not something I would use in public performance, but just something I do during warmups/technical practice to get my lips responding easily to the air stream.
Well I really want to just know how to hit the C above the staff because I can't really hit it now. I don't know if it's because I have braces or what but I need to be able to hit it in 2 weeks. Any ideas?
You know what, I think i'm going back to square one with my embouchure. I just discovered the pencil exercise and my jaw was way out of line, training my jaw muscles now for a few weeks I'll see how it works out. Something I can do in the car on the way to work. I also made an air freshener mute so I can practice without my wife murdering me and this lets me blow more naturally instead of choking my notes to keep it quiet.
I've mainly learned how to play trumpet with braces, and now that I've gotten used to playing without braces, I've noticed my lower lip seems to "sink in" to the mouth piece. This makes it much sharper in pitch, but it harms my range. Please help/identify the reason as to how this happens :)
you are used to playing with an anchor. usually you will get used to playing without braces again, so it should go away on its own if you practice good techniques.
aim your air towards the top of the mouthpiece and push faster air also to prep for this to play in the upper register you need a strong ab core so sit ups and crunches or turn your practice chair sideways and lean back til your body starts to shake lift your feet off the ground so your body is almost parallel and then play your scales in whole notes up and down the scale or play a chromatic scale up until you crack and keep doing that this helps with pitch and control and muscle memory so you can hit the note head on I hope this has helped its helped me alot over the years i can get up to 5th octave G
Really quick anybody have a tip to keep spit/oil from coming out of the bell? I use my water valve about every 5 min of playing to prevent buildup, but after extended (hour long practice) session I sometimes have stuff coming out of the bell and getting on my mute, which is nasty.
Not likely spit or oil. Condensation is the more likely. A lot of what comes out of your water key is also condensation. Difficult to imagine how you could blow spit uphill to get out the bell. I'm sure it started out as vapour and condensed at the bell.
I have play the trumpet for several months and i can't play the high d on the snap mainly because all we do in band is play the songs we never practice
Anime Lover2015 If you just intimated that you could not hit a high d after playing the trumpet for a couple of months, you're ridiculous if you could. I've been playing for 7 years and just reached a nice tone high d.
+Smallwoody He is. That's what "on the snap" means I believe. Notice the short line through notes above and below the staff? I believe that is a "snap". I'm only a Freshman, but I can play up there pretty ok. I think I've heard them referred to as that before.
Nyliak bbean im a sophmore using a 5c and it is possible it just takes a firm embochure and a ton of air. Ive been working working my way up in range and these past couple days ive hit double g multiple times on my 5c
Don't mind me... I'm just a high school kid who wants to play trumpet in band next year... but I've never played instruments that use mouths, even as someone who's played piano for ten years and who's first cello in the orchestra. So this is really hard on me, but at least I can read music. It's still not an easy thing for me to get down...
I was the same way! On top of my hands shaking too much, my band director would tell me not to use vibrato but I couldn't help it. I was lead so it wasn't that bad ;)
Sorry for the late reply. I'm using a breath attack on those notes. I didn't really have time to clarify that in the video, but I'm not starting the notes with a clear articulation on purpose. I'll be publishing some new videos in the near future explaining why!
Taking private, personalized lessons with a teacher would be a more effective way to learn to play the trumpet than use videos on youtube. Everyone has their own way to play trumpet: some things work, some don't. You'll learn faster with a private teacher who can help YOU specifically.
If you can manage to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using notes within the staff, transposing to various keys playing notes within the staff, then you are good for a 11-year old kid.
I started In 6th, and now I'm in 10th, I can squeak out a double f, it's complicated for some people, but if you're really committed to get that range, you should practice these airstream exercises. I wish you the best of luck :)
+Stacey Sings Practice it by going up chromatically, and your lips will adjust to reaching the high register but all you really need for any type of playing is probably up to a Double G. I can get double e's now since i began to go up chromatically when practicing range.
The pencil exercise is nice, but it's not going to make you play any higher. If anything, it teaches the correct position of the embouchre, and the tension required by the corners. Sounds like you're an adult? Then I'm betting that you ALREADY have enough physical strength to play the C above high C. It's not about strength. For a beginner, 2 weeks in, I wouldn't even try playing above C in the staff for the first YEAR. My video is aimed at more intermediate players, so don't overthink it.
to test airstream, put the bell of the trumpet into a bucket of water and play, you should see a consistent stream off small bubbles, if you see sporadic bigger bubbles your air stream is not steady
You should not be working that hard! I guess I should have explained in the video that a good rule of thumb is to NEVER play into pain, certainly not every day. You WILL develop bad habits by using too much pressure and tension, particularly as a beginner. Developing your embouchre strength takes years of practice, so a better approach to expanding your range would be to consistently practice to where you're comfortable everyday, striving for good feel. Over time your range will increase.
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PRACTICE, NOT EVERYONE CAN HIT TRIPLE AND QUADRUPLE HIGH NOTES LIKE MAYNARD FERGUSON OR ARTURO SANDUVAL ETC. SOME PPL WERE JUST BORN THAT WAY. BUT EVERYONE CAN HIT HIGH C OR D. 95% OF ALL WRITTEN MUSIC BASICALY COVERS THE "NORMAL" RANGE OF THE INSTRUMENT WHICH IS FROM LOW F# TO HIGH C OR D. THE JAZZ GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO STARTED ALL THAT SUPER HIGH NOTE CRAP ANYWAY. IN CLASSICAL FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU NEEDED TO PLAY HIGHER, YOU USE A PICCOLO TRUMPET.
+robert stockton Nobody "is born" in a specific way. It is like saying that "Nature" knows about the human made instrument called "trumpet" and decides which people will be able to play very high with it. I could believe, though, that some people's particular lip structure is what makes them do it, but this is not what you wrote.
Hi Robert, I respectfully disagree. There was a time that I could barely play above G at the top of the staff. I honestly believed that I was not cut out for high notes. As time went on I learned a lot and worked very hard to play higher. I really believe that anyone can do so with the proper will and instruction.
People think they can just learn to do this in 10 minutes lmao it's not that easy. I play trombone, let me tell you, you can learn it quickly, but it won't be in one day, even one week! I'd say at least 1-3 months, especially if you're a newer player will get you 5 notes on each lower and higher range (it just depends on if you put the time in really).
Im in the 10th grade playing super C's (sounds like space notes) .But I play wit no air . . . Like all you have to do is tighten up , put more lip into the mouth piece , and push faster air . . Pretty easy to me now
DaWirez|WiredUpMods I'm a clarinet and saxophone player, and I've played trumpet for about 9 months. The highest I can get to is a high A that goes about the staff once. I can also get to a high C, but it's really inconstant :/.
Fails pretty badly at scaffolding the information in a way that's accessible. "Here, lemme show you an exercise I do." [plays entire range of the trumpet] "You know, stuff like that." What are the middle steps that people need to go through to get to that point?
I can hit a quadruple D, keep in mind that I haven't been born yet.
lol
Hilarious!
I'm in 1st grade and I outplay Maynard Ferguson.
In case anyone was curious, I was kidding. I saw all these "I can outplay you" comments and thought they were humorous.
Rozar Demolin bro people are stupid they didn't get it...but I'm in 10th grade and can play a grand c and I've only been playing for a year...no method is better than practice and dedication
+Brandon Lee Grand C? What is that note above that staff? Doubble Tripple?
+Rozar Demolin im not even born and i can outplay miles davis
Brandon Lee what on earth is a grand c?
Man, you sound so amazing on the high notes. Such a sweet sound. You made me get out my trumpet and start practicing
great lesson and very competent playing.thank you for sharing the information
I'm in my second year of secondary school, and I started playing the trumpet last year, I get one hour lesson once a week, and I practice for at least half an hour every night, most times more than that. I have made it up to high c, and I'm still working on it. This video really helped out, because I watched it at the start of summer, and I was only making it to middle c.
Este extraordinar de bun acest baiat....BRAVO din toata inima.
Helpful video. I'll try your suggestions.
Thanks, excellent video!!!
Love that old song
Thanks I'm a freshman and can hit my high C above the staff !! Will take this in to go higher.
Most people will brag of their wide range of capabilities in notes, but it wouldn't matter unless they had technique, skill, and quick acknowledgement of key signatures; not to mention modes or other jazz chords ... The moral of the story is, utilize those great capabilities in a way where you don't just play a simple quarter or whole note.
PFC Cheesbugga but it is nice to be able to have range, and technique
Thank you, i hate when people do this, they think range is everything when really it's proper technique, the lower you can play the higher,
There's nothing wrong with playing a simple whole note and quarter note.
Three steps: 1) Buy a trumpet, 2) spend decades mastering a wide range, 3) make a UA-cam video showing how easy it is.
High notes are not difficult if properly practiced
that is a very snarky/funny remark....hilarious!
AMAZING NEEDED THIS TIPS
Thank you for a good video!
im in pre-school and i can play quintuple G
+Steven Casado i havent even reached the gestation period and I can hit sextuple c
+js_greene my mom isn't even pregnant yet and I can hit an octuple c
+Robert Steel the world isnt even created yet and i can hit a centillion c. take that
+Steven Casado skrub
js_greene damn got me there
The was very useful especially liked the vigorous loud scale articulation ( I am a loud player 😀)
oh my goodness........... I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY TOO! I am definitely meeting you one day.
I do it that way for specific reasons about balancing the mouthpiece pressure evenly on my bottom and top lip. As a beginner, you should not worry about that. If you are a younger person, your hand is probably the right size to grip it the way your teacher told you.
Im a trombone player (about a year) i started playing the trumpet and was able to instantly play a double high C so i think playing the lower tones that loosen up you lips to get them flexable (like a warm up) would really help
I bought a 14aa mouthpiece only to hit high notes, and it worked almost instantly. I can now hit a triple Eb and I am only a senior in high school, so i really would get that mouthpiece and also practice all the time.
If you can play triple e the. Let's hear it
+smoshman6000 there is a such thing, but I've only heard 1 person hit it before (actually a triple E, but you get the point lol).
I cam hot a double g with a Bobby shew, I'm a sophomore
Thank you for replying. You're right about bad habits and being so new I definitely want to do it right even if it means doing it slow. I play a lot of instruments but no other brass. I don't know what the technique is for blowing different pitches. I can do it by pushing into the mouthpiece, by blowing harder, and by tightening my lips. Each works and each has drawbacks. I don't know how the 'right' way is. How big is the airhole for instance and are you using your tongue to change pitch.
This was helpful. i learned a lot from the part about having a good base, but the only problem is that I run out of air while moving through the register.
When I practice that chromatic scale and I get down to that low f#, I find it hard to adjust back to the embochure I use for the high notes when I go back up the scale.
Hi Greg, the trick is to eliminate the need for multiple embouchures. If you can set up for a nice relaxed G in the treble clef, then work the chromatic scale upward and downward without manipulating your jaw or lips. With proper practice, over time your embouchure will respond better to the low notes, and you won't have to change with different registers. Watch yourself play in the mirror to double check.
John Lake Jazz good advice! Thanks very much! Couple of years you may make a James Morrison! :)
+John Lake Jazz John, using a regular embochure i can get to about the first a above the staff but if i switch to an embochure with my lips tucked completely in i can get about the first c above the staff. any tips how to get higher with my regular embochure?
Hi Carl, sorry for the late reply. It's tough to say without seeing you in person, but I will say that many people find they can play higher by altering their embouchure for that register. As an educator, I advise against that, as it will only lead to further problems down the road. Better to use one embouchure to fit your entire range. I know it may be the slow road, but you're better off for it.
John Lake Jazz very helpful, thanks John
If you're getting a headache or starting to get dizzy, it usually means you're doing a combination of taking in too much air, using excessive mouthpiece pressure, using excessive lip tension, and/or closing off your throat. The toughest thing about this instrument is trying to forget/lose all of the habits that we learned from our first couple of years when we popped out a 3rd space C from a 2nd line G by adding one or more of the above things. :)
Good information. Articulation. Arpeggio.
Hey, what's the tune playing at the end? Sounds beautiful.
What mouthpiece would you recommend for me? I'm in 9th grade and have bend playing trumpet for 3 years and can hit a high E or sometimes G above the staff. I have a Yamaha student trumpet and a 7c mouthpiece and want a mouthpiece for better sound and ease of hitting high notes. I'm also, by the way, in marching band and jazz band.
i like it
any advice for a aspiring jazz trumpet player switching from the mellophone/french horn?
Like when I play harmonica I can use my tongue to distort the air to bend notes up or down and on the recorder I can similarly change the octave I'm playing at by disrupting the airstream with my tongue. On the trumpet it seems to do nothing but add a growl. I have a very tight airgap on anything above middle C and I just dont' know how to blow above middle c without clamping down and getting red in the face.
One more thing. I'm about 2 weeks in practicing and I'm starting to work my way into the higher registers but I'm really struggling and I think it's my embouchure and my method for changing notes. I struggled heavily the first few days just getting a buzz and it was a week before I could play a scale. I am trying to play when the saints come marching in and that high D is killing me. The only way I can get it to play with authority is by incredible breath pressure, I'm getting pounding headach
lakejw, what mouthpiece are you using?
My band director needs screamers this year due to our marching show any tips on that?
Practice x3
I'm in 9th and I want to join the Madison scouts or even try out but I need to increase my range from a double g
Hello I'm a beginning player and I have a question about your grip. Is there a reason you hold the instrument the way you do on your left hand with the finger hooked under? It's hard to tell from the video but it almost looks like your middle finger wraps around your ring finger inside the loop and your pinky gripping the bottom. I was taught to loop my indes, middle, and ring around the valve casing and pinky resting on the slide.
you are king fwa fwa
Believe it or not one of the problems is I am a singer. I have heavy duty lung capacity and diaphragm technique for really belting out vocals. When singing though it's easy to vent any left over air when breathing. I have far too much air on tap for what the trumpet needs and the backpressure coupled with too much oxygen. I'm slowly making my way into upper registers now using a more open embouchure and tilting. I wasn't holding my teeth far enough apart before. Pencil trick helped me with that.
everyone is saying how good they are but one player in our marching band started last year, and he is one of the best players I've ever met from nothing to our best soloist in 1 year,
That is me also. i started last year too
whats method study for expand range?
What mouthpiece do you use?
Would a schilike 6a4a be a good mouthpiece for this??
what mouthpiece do you recommend getting for someone with big teeth?
3:58 Holy crap... thats so high... Im wanting to get back into trumpet (played in junior high but braces made it hard so I stopped). I didnt even realize the trumpet went that high O.o
I'm in 7th and I have braces ant the Herbst appliance and I can play even higher...in all county so u have no excuses
Listen Maynard Ferguson or Arturo Sandoval :D
Shazeen82 Also check out Jim Manley from St. Louis, Mo. He's a super nice guy and has has range skills that are out of this world. You can find him on youtube and he also offers lessons online.
Dylan Stepp Shut up. You probably can't even play anywhere near that high and if you actually can it probably sounds awful.
Yea no kidding and he played the low c to double C in one breath
i can only hit the G above the high C and i really want too learn how to scream for my jazz pieces. any suggestions?
practice
That's cool. Good luck with your endeavors on the horn. It can take awhile to get good on it, but if you're driven and persistent, you'll make it happen. Try to find a good teacher (someone who has played professionally ideally) near you and take lessons from him/her in person if you haven't already. They can diagnose things a lot better if they're in the room with you watching what you do and listening. The worst thing to do is to start learning this thing using bad habits.
I'm getting pounding headaches doing this. It's not like i'm blowing till I'm red in the face but something like that. The backpressure on higher notes coupled with my tight embouchure makes for incredible pressure on my head from the air pressure. I'm a singer and it's taking a considerable amount of work to play these notes. If I were singing it would be at concert volume using breath pressures that high.
What mouthpiece do u use
Did u tongue the chromatic scale when u did it
wowza
what size mouthpiece are you playing? I play a 1C
Would love to hit the high notes with power but I'd probably just lose friends and neighbors. Cornetist/trumpeter Bobby Hackett sold a horn and advertised it as having a high range that was never used. Play "loud all the time"? Too Shakespearian. But seriously, you have some nice chops there John Lake!
Nice balanced "wholesome" method, John - not to mention great sound and range. What do you think of the Cat Anderson whispering G method? I tried it for a couple of months and found it shot my sound to bits. Maybe I was doing something wrong.
Hi Christopher, I am well aware of the Cat method, and have performed warmups very much like his whisper G for many years. There is great value in playing soft, especially as a warmup. I'll be publishing some new videos soon on the subject.
So my major problem is that my throat closes as I go up to the higher notes and I end putting more pressure on the mouthpiece can anyone help me???
vintage de lacquered strat 37 c?
How the H-E double hockey sticks go that bloody high! Id give anything learn to do that.
At 2:14 you can here your breath just before you play the note. In my youth I was taught to begin a note with a 'ta', but now (after a 32 year break) I just start the air like you did, with no 'ta' (except of course for accents). Is there a right or wrong way to 'attack' the note or is it just personal preference ?
Hey Matt, what you're talking about is called a breath attack. It's something that's great to practice because it requires you begin the note efficiently and without creating tension. However, most of the time in performance, articulation (ta) is used to begin the first note in each phrase.
John is absolutely right. It's not something I would use in public performance, but just something I do during warmups/technical practice to get my lips responding easily to the air stream.
Well I really want to just know how to hit the C above the staff because I can't really hit it now. I don't know if it's because I have braces or what but I need to be able to hit it in 2 weeks. Any ideas?
i got my braces a month ago. i used to be able to go very high, now the most i can do is c above the staff :( +Abie Faz
maytal reuben Well hopefully ill get to hit it because I'm going to get my braces off in 2 weeks :)
You know what, I think i'm going back to square one with my embouchure. I just discovered the pencil exercise and my jaw was way out of line, training my jaw muscles now for a few weeks I'll see how it works out. Something I can do in the car on the way to work. I also made an air freshener mute so I can practice without my wife murdering me and this lets me blow more naturally instead of choking my notes to keep it quiet.
So young.
what song were you playing in the begining
"I Can't Get Started"
docked 2 points for sitting, add 1 point for great posture tho
ever since I got braces, I've had trouble hitting that freaking g just above the staff any suggestions
get invisaline
Once you get em off your range will be higher than it was before you got the braces because you'll work harder to get back to where you were.
I'm only 4 and I'm hitting the G over triple C on my contrabass tuba is that ok for my age?
Don't give up yet!
Any mouthpiece reccomendations? Jazz band is a bit tough...
7C
7C is the most basic but as you improve move up to the 5C then the 3C and so on
Bobby shew lead, people call it a "cheater" mouthpiece but it'll make it so much easier in the upper register
I've mainly learned how to play trumpet with braces, and now that I've gotten used to playing without braces, I've noticed my lower lip seems to "sink in" to the mouth piece. This makes it much sharper in pitch, but it harms my range. Please help/identify the reason as to how this happens :)
you are used to playing with an anchor. usually you will get used to playing without braces again, so it should go away on its own if you practice good techniques.
+Seiko Shinohara thanks! 😊
Zackary Brickey yep! :D
I'm in sixth grade and can only hit an Ab above the staff, any pointers to hit the A?
aim your air towards the top of the mouthpiece and push faster air also to prep for this to play in the upper register you need a strong ab core so sit ups and crunches or turn your practice chair sideways and lean back til your body starts to shake lift your feet off the ground so your body is almost parallel and then play your scales in whole notes up and down the scale or play a chromatic scale up until you crack and keep doing that this helps with pitch and control and muscle memory so you can hit the note head on I hope this has helped its helped me alot over the years i can get up to 5th octave G
Really quick anybody have a tip to keep spit/oil from coming out of the bell? I use my water valve about every 5 min of playing to prevent buildup, but after extended (hour long practice) session I sometimes have stuff coming out of the bell and getting on my mute, which is nasty.
Subparanon put a paper towel under your spit valve. Might need to be replaced often and look stupid but it helped for me
Not likely spit or oil.
Condensation is the more likely. A lot of what comes out of your water key is also condensation. Difficult to imagine how you could blow spit uphill to get out the bell. I'm sure it started out as vapour and condensed at the bell.
I have play the trumpet for several months and i can't play the high d on the snap mainly because all we do in band is play the songs we never practice
Anime Lover2015 If you just intimated that you could not hit a high d after playing the trumpet for a couple of months, you're ridiculous if you could. I've been playing for 7 years and just reached a nice tone high d.
no I don't
Ita just annoying
+Tara DuChemin 7 years and only a high d!! This is my second year and i can play a high E
+Maya guz I believe he is talking about the D above the staff
+Smallwoody He is. That's what "on the snap" means I believe. Notice the short line through notes above and below the staff? I believe that is a "snap". I'm only a Freshman, but I can play up there pretty ok. I think I've heard them referred to as that before.
Ok, im a sophomore and im on a 5c mouth peice. Is there any way i can hit a double g on it
Nyliak bbean im a sophmore using a 5c and it is possible it just takes a firm embochure and a ton of air. Ive been working working my way up in range and these past couple days ive hit double g multiple times on my 5c
Don't mind me... I'm just a high school kid who wants to play trumpet in band next year... but I've never played instruments that use mouths, even as someone who's played piano for ten years and who's first cello in the orchestra. So this is really hard on me, but at least I can read music. It's still not an easy thing for me to get down...
My biggest problem is trying to play higher notes and getting two notes out instead of one. I don't know what's going on
I have an unsteady airstream because my frickin heart beat moves my mouth and it's annoying.
I was the same way! On top of my hands shaking too much, my band director would tell me not to use vibrato but I couldn't help it. I was lead so it wasn't that bad ;)
damm high notes, but i hear a lot of air when you start playing the long notes?
Sorry for the late reply. I'm using a breath attack on those notes. I didn't really have time to clarify that in the video, but I'm not starting the notes with a clear articulation on purpose. I'll be publishing some new videos in the near future explaining why!
I am a 6th grade trumpet and can never get good high notes and when I do they last 3 seconds
Im a starter with the trumpet, could you do another video but simpler? Something that a 11 year old would understand.
Taking private, personalized lessons with a teacher would be a more effective way to learn to play the trumpet than use videos on youtube. Everyone has their own way to play trumpet: some things work, some don't. You'll learn faster with a private teacher who can help YOU specifically.
you have no need to want to learn high notes at that age lol.
***** why not? who doesnt like gettin better?
Ayden M Playing high notes doesn't mean you're better.
If you can manage to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using notes within the staff, transposing to various keys playing notes within the staff, then you are good for a 11-year old kid.
I started playing trumpet in 7th grade and now I'm in 9th grade and the highest I can get is D above the staff 😁
You and I are in the same boat.
I started In 6th, and now I'm in 10th, I can squeak out a double f, it's complicated for some people, but if you're really committed to get that range, you should practice these airstream exercises. I wish you the best of luck :)
+Stacey Sings Practice it by going up chromatically, and your lips will adjust to reaching the high register but all you really need for any type of playing is probably up to a Double G. I can get double e's now since i began to go up chromatically when practicing range.
I'm in 9th grade and I can play C# above the staff.
its called practice
The pencil exercise is nice, but it's not going to make you play any higher. If anything, it teaches the correct position of the embouchre, and the tension required by the corners. Sounds like you're an adult? Then I'm betting that you ALREADY have enough physical strength to play the C above high C. It's not about strength.
For a beginner, 2 weeks in, I wouldn't even try playing above C in the staff for the first YEAR. My video is aimed at more intermediate players, so don't overthink it.
What's your opinion on Maynard Ferguson ???? Thank you.
Maynerd is shaking worms with his crazy vibrato
to test airstream, put the bell of the trumpet into a bucket of water and play, you should see a consistent stream off small bubbles, if you see sporadic bigger bubbles your air stream is not steady
i can only hit f on top of staff but barely
You need to practice more... Alot more like a shit ton more
My mind is blown ! I'm only 12 like damn >.> I can't go that high geez it's impossible ! I dint even know a trumpet could play that high
How the hell do you play that high?
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I can only hit a high c
Im in ninth grade and I can only hit the A above the linnes... Hehe Ive played for 5 yrs so...yeah...
Same
You should not be working that hard! I guess I should have explained in the video that a good rule of thumb is to NEVER play into pain, certainly not every day. You WILL develop bad habits by using too much pressure and tension, particularly as a beginner.
Developing your embouchre strength takes years of practice, so a better approach to expanding your range would be to consistently practice to where you're comfortable everyday, striving for good feel. Over time your range will increase.
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PRACTICE, NOT EVERYONE CAN HIT TRIPLE AND QUADRUPLE HIGH NOTES LIKE MAYNARD FERGUSON OR ARTURO SANDUVAL ETC. SOME PPL WERE JUST BORN THAT WAY. BUT EVERYONE CAN HIT HIGH C OR D. 95% OF ALL WRITTEN MUSIC BASICALY COVERS THE "NORMAL" RANGE OF THE INSTRUMENT WHICH IS FROM LOW F# TO HIGH C OR D. THE JAZZ GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO STARTED ALL THAT SUPER HIGH NOTE CRAP ANYWAY. IN CLASSICAL FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU NEEDED TO PLAY HIGHER, YOU USE A PICCOLO TRUMPET.
piccolo trumpets do not expand your range
+robert stockton Nobody "is born" in a specific way. It is like saying that "Nature" knows about the human made instrument called "trumpet" and decides which people will be able to play very high with it. I could believe, though, that some people's particular lip structure is what makes them do it, but this is not what you wrote.
+TheGentleUncle Well it is what I meant. Everyone is born with different abilities and different limitations.
Hi Robert, I respectfully disagree. There was a time that I could barely play above G at the top of the staff. I honestly believed that I was not cut out for high notes. As time went on I learned a lot and worked very hard to play higher. I really believe that anyone can do so with the proper will and instruction.
People think they can just learn to do this in 10 minutes lmao it's not that easy. I play trombone, let me tell you, you can learn it quickly, but it won't be in one day, even one week! I'd say at least 1-3 months, especially if you're a newer player will get you 5 notes on each lower and higher range (it just depends on if you put the time in really).
I’m in the womb and I can play douderaricludicilirintuple C
Ive been playing for like 6 years and i can barely hit a high C
Lynn Nicholson played with Maynard ferguson... he can help you! facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Lynn-Nicholson-319877071442187/
Im a trumpet player in 7th grade and i can only reach a double g and somethimes an octave higher
What do you mean only??? I'm in freaking 9th grade and I can reach a double C while it only plays with a bit of air!!
Im in the 10th grade playing super C's (sounds like space notes) .But I play wit no air . . . Like all you have to do is tighten up , put more lip into the mouth piece , and push faster air . . Pretty easy to me now
Lol
Alvin Glover You're all idiots.
David Breese
yup. hope theyre joking
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i can only play G above staff,then again,I'm in 7th grade...
on 7c
DaWirez|WiredUpMods I was going to make a disparaging comment because I thought you were bragging... Never mind.
I'm in seventh and i can play a double high c
The Nyx I can now :) I had a bad mouthpiece.. not like screaming high c, the one 1 partial lower
DaWirez|WiredUpMods I'm a clarinet and saxophone player, and I've played trumpet for about 9 months. The highest I can get to is a high A that goes about the staff once. I can also get to a high C, but it's really inconstant :/.
Not really what I was looking for, the style is too jazz-ish for me to focus on, but it's a good tutorial nonetheless.
Long tones.
Fails pretty badly at scaffolding the information in a way that's accessible. "Here, lemme show you an exercise I do." [plays entire range of the trumpet] "You know, stuff like that." What are the middle steps that people need to go through to get to that point?