Thank you for the videos, Paul. Lots of food for thought, more left-field than the standard online trumpet tutorial materials. Great communication and to the point - cheers!
Hi Folks, a great teacher and very easy to follow - I am wondering now that I am grade 5 how long should I be practicing for every day, this year is a let's get serious and have fun with my trumpet because I feel its time ... any words of wisdom are welcome.
Thanks, Paul. Of all your techniques and tips, I only have trouble trying to play a scale without fingering: the note just slides up to the next open harmonic. I can bend notes a bit flatter or sharper. I’ve always heard that the best trumpets “slot” well, so I’m confused trying to “play” notes between the slots. Your videos are great, have helped me progress greatly.
Hi and thanks for your comment. The purpose of this technique is not to actually fill in the gap but to help you slur cleanly across harmonics. I don't want you to actually fill in the gap, only attempt to fill in the gap! Most players will never be able to fill in the gap anyway but that's not the objective. If I wanted to help you jump higher I might ask you to try to touch the clouds! It's just a way to stimulate more positive responses (Take another look from 2:50 - 3:10). Good luck. Paul
Pretty cool lesson. Can you please do a video on lip bends? This is sadly a very overlooked area which can yield very positive results in terms of strength and flexibility especially in the upper register. I started doing them and my playing improvement dramatically in a very short period of time whereas I was banging my head against a wall with lip slurs which was not giving the results I was after.
Thanks so much sir. This video is amazingly awesome.. Playing scales and songs without the valves. Well done sir. I hope to play my trumpet well, I'm presently having high pitch challenge and I did watch one of your videos on the other channel and I'm working on it, I hope to play better soon. Thanks once again
Thanks for the videos. I'm not sure my problem is just a problem I have or generally for everyone, but my cornet gets very waterlogged and will bubble and gurgle and I cannot pour it out.
Hi! I just discovered your channel and your video's are very helpful! I am a 19 year old girl from the netherlands and I have been playing the trumpet for 12 years now. I'm going to do an audition at the conservatoire and therefore I'm saving money and looking for a new trumpet. Could you explain the difference between a relatively cheap trumpet and a more expensive one and where you should pay attention to if you're looking for a new trumpet that suits you? I would be very interested in that!
Hi Lydia. My advice is to find a good used instrument as you will get more for your money. Some cheaper student model instruments blow very well and have good tuning but the valves are not always reliable. Do you have access to a good brass shop that stocks used instruments? If not my friends in London (at Parkers Brass and Prozone) have many and could find a good instrument to ship to you. I could even probably try it out myself as I'm always passing by. Good luck and thanks for watching. Best wishes, Paul
@@TrumpetTakeaway thank you very much for your reply! We have a brass shop nearby which sells used instruments as well as new ones. So I will take a look there first. I will also definitely take a look at the store in London you suggested!
This is a great idea and I have no doubt that it will be very helpful. I've been working on this using just the lead pipe. I wonder if it might be helpful if you wrote or spoke a bit about the actual biomechanics of how you "fill in the gap"...tongue arch, corners, chin muscles, etc. I realize that experimenting is a good thing but I'm one of those that also appreciates specific instruction. Thanks for your very helpful videos!
Hi George. It's a good point you make and I hope others thinking the same will read this response. My Takeaway channel is aimed at players who play for fun and are not interested in the deeper knowledge or understanding of the techniques presented. This is very much a quick fix solution to a very common problem among beginning or less advanced players. My approach for a more advanced player or someone looking for a deeper understanding is completely different and is why I have the Trumpet Prof channel. Another reason for not being as specific with biomechanics, is if I leave it as a simple "try this and work it out" the player is more likely to find a more natural way for them. This exercise should trigger the right response but can be executed several ways as you mention above. Without me knowing if your primary frequency control is with your "corners" or tongue arch or chin muscles it is better to keep things simple and let nature take its course. You've got me thinking now about the player who crosses both channels!! Thanks for taking the time to respond. Paul
@@TrumpetTakeaway hi paul. first of all really appreciate your work and all the teaching videos. I have learned a lot from those and just thanks again. Also I admire your way/style of teaching. Thats really appropriate and have extensions in all related realm. And of course let nature takes its course is a very reasonale solution. As a young college student who plays for fun, I am in the part that crosses both tp and tpt takeaway channels. Actually I only spend time on my playing but a little interest in those details behind the chop/vibration/biomechanism. So I will say its okay we can manage to know some physics but thats really something fuzzy when taken into playing.
Hi again Paul. Thanks for your helpful response. I do realize that I tend to look for that very specific "key" that will help me get to that next level. Frankly, I'm old and trying to come back to the trumpet as efficiently as possible. I do realize that "key" doesn't really exist and I need to find my way through this. Your lessons are really helpful. Keep them coming! George @@TrumpetTakeaway
I love you're videos! May I ask you to do a video about the correct mouthpiece placement on the lips? I want to know how much of the lips is appropriate to put in to the mouthpiece? And how to overcome overblowing but still maintaining a nice tone?
Hey Paul I think you’re a great teacher. I am a comeback player! Haven’t played my horn regularly for more than 30 years!!! I’m 61 and finding it difficult to practice. Do you have tips to practice? Thanks.
Hi Paul- I'm also a comeback player. I took lessons from a student of Bill Adam where the focus is on sound, not the physical aspects of play. It was a good foundation for me. I'd suggest looking for tutorials on Adam and Charlie Porter's videos among others. The best way to progress quickly would be to find a good teacher, who is a trumpet player and not a generalist. If you can play 2-3 times per day in short sessions or about 45-60 minutes in one session, you'll find you will get your chops back. Remember to rest as much as you play. Tired chops produces bad habits like pressing too hard. Also recommend finding some good sound models to keep in your head, like Doc Severinsen, Maurice Andre, Ron Romm, Bobby Shew, Ryan Anthony, Philip Smith.
Paul.. you have a great balance between the theory and the demo ... I think the specific technique tools are great..I practised bow and arrow last night - great. The best 2 takeaways you have given me so far are 1) Believe in yourself. Yes you can! and 2) You need to work it out yourself - (role of teachers to provide you with the whole arsenal of tools . the spanners and wrenches..but no better engineer than yourself to build the engine right for you.. just remember Paul & don't stop at the Fiiat... !) Quick question.. do you use visualization of the air / of anything / when you practice? thanks steve
Thanks Steve much appreciated. Personally I don't use visualization although I've tried this approach (and most others!) in the past and it has had its benefits. I much prefer to focus on sensations both in my own playing and for my teaching. The sensation of air pressure is a particularly important one for me. Of course this occasionally creates conflict with certain areas of physics but as a trumpet teacher my primary objective is to deliver what works and I absolutely never give advice that hasn't been tested and proven by both me and my students. Great to have you on board! Paul
Really great content and really nicely delivered too! Fantastic job, greatly appreciated here, thank you a lot :) I have two questions/remarks. Firstly, can you say something about trying this exercise in the low register, namely low C to middle G and middle G to high C ? Easier ? Still beneficial ? Secondly, I find it easier to bend down (from E down to C) instead of up as you suggest. Can you comment on this also please ?
Hi and thanks! In general slurring up from low C to G and G-C isn't as challenging for most which is why I started the video a little higher. Also the step is much larger too but it is still worth practicing it. On your second point, yes it is easier to bend down from the upper note because you are relaxing the muscles rather than contracting them. Just as it is easier to ride a bike down a hill than up! Remember though that actually filling in the gap isn't important. Its purpose is only to stimulate the muscles to work the right way and kick the note up with good technique rather than bad. Good luck with it. Paul
I am a 73 year old comeback and have been playing for about 20 years, always struggling with the upper register. I have studied with quite a few great players. High register always seems to be discussed as a matter of a freely buzzing lip but with a much smaller aperture. To paraphrase Greg Spence, it takes less air to play high and a smaller aperture. More air = louder, higher pitch equals less air and smaller aperture. I have watched all of your videos. You have not yet talked about aperture, only that 'nebulous' term embouchure. Many questions come to mind but I'll just ask this one for now: What happens to YOUR embouchure and YOUR aperture when you "sigh" with more pressure to play higher? Oops, one more: How can I tell while I am playing if my top lip is relaxed? There must be some physical feedback that lets me know.
Very interesting. I just recently saw a video by Javier Gonzalez, similarly filling in the gaps but just on the leadpipe. Is it more strength or coordination of a key elements of the embouchure needed to do this? I'm a long way off from stopping that snap to the next harmonic.
Hi James. This is less about building strength and more about developing technique and (as you say) coordination. It's primarily a way to trigger a reaction. Actually all we want is to "snap" to the next harmonic however if you continue to try to fill the gap it will strengthen embouchure muscles which is no bad thing! I'm sure at some point someone will raise the point that it is in conflict with some of the principles I talk about over on the Trumpet Prof channel (and indeed it is) but not everyone wants to access extreme high register or "build a Ferrari" and these techniques are both proven and extremely effective. All best, Paul
@@TrumpetTakeaway Thanks Paul. I really appreciate what you're doing with both your channels, and taking the time to respond. Another crossover viewer here, not a beginner, not a pro, just a keen amateur wanting to improve. Getting a new view on the basics is as helpful as more advanced techniques.
very interesting but my English is not good and the automatic translation very poor. So could you ask to a friend trumpet player speaking french to translated your video? It would be very appreciated and very usefull by your french followers. Thanck JLS
I think he means between the notes being able to go up without going straight to the note for example from the C in the staff to the highest E in the staff. If you fill in the gaps then you can go to the E from the C without going straight to the note
You're a real teacher!
I'll try tomorrow
Brazilian greetings
This was a MIRRACULOUS technique for slurring. I cannot believe I've never heard this one before. Amszing. Thank you
Please do more videos on building the engine. Generating the airspeed and translating it to the trumpet. This has been my problem for years. Thanks.
Thank you for the videos, Paul. Lots of food for thought, more left-field than the standard online trumpet tutorial materials. Great communication and to the point - cheers!
Hi Folks, a great teacher and very easy to follow - I am wondering now that I am grade 5 how long should I be practicing for every day, this year is a let's get serious and have fun with my trumpet because I feel its time ... any words of wisdom are welcome.
Thanks, Paul. Of all your techniques and tips, I only have trouble trying to play a scale without fingering: the note just slides up to the next open harmonic. I can bend notes a bit flatter or sharper. I’ve always heard that the best trumpets “slot” well, so I’m confused trying to “play” notes between the slots. Your videos are great, have helped me progress greatly.
Hi and thanks for your comment. The purpose of this technique is not to actually fill in the gap but to help you slur cleanly across harmonics.
I don't want you to actually fill in the gap, only attempt to fill in the gap! Most players will never be able to fill in the gap anyway but that's not the objective. If I wanted to help you jump higher I might ask you to try to touch the clouds! It's just a way to stimulate more positive responses (Take another look from 2:50 - 3:10). Good luck. Paul
Hi Paul great job on your Trumpet keep it up.
very helpful! thanks for the teaching
Very Nice ideas Paul
Pretty cool lesson. Can you please do a video on lip bends? This is sadly a very overlooked area which can yield very positive results in terms of strength and flexibility especially in the upper register. I started doing them and my playing improvement dramatically in a very short period of time whereas I was banging my head against a wall with lip slurs which was not giving the results I was after.
The channel is very much as important as the Trumpet Professor
Thanks so much sir. This video is amazingly awesome.. Playing scales and songs without the valves. Well done sir. I hope to play my trumpet well, I'm presently having high pitch challenge and I did watch one of your videos on the other channel and I'm working on it, I hope to play better soon. Thanks once again
Great job there Paul. Thank you for your videos!
Great video 🎉!
Thanks for the videos. I'm not sure my problem is just a problem I have or generally for everyone, but my cornet gets very waterlogged and will bubble and gurgle and I cannot pour it out.
Hi! I just discovered your channel and your video's are very helpful! I am a 19 year old girl from the netherlands and I have been playing the trumpet for 12 years now. I'm going to do an audition at the conservatoire and therefore I'm saving money and looking for a new trumpet. Could you explain the difference between a relatively cheap trumpet and a more expensive one and where you should pay attention to if you're looking for a new trumpet that suits you? I would be very interested in that!
Hi Lydia. My advice is to find a good used instrument as you will get more for your money. Some cheaper student model instruments blow very well and have good tuning but the valves are not always reliable. Do you have access to a good brass shop that stocks used instruments? If not my friends in London (at Parkers Brass and Prozone) have many and could find a good instrument to ship to you. I could even probably try it out myself as I'm always passing by. Good luck and thanks for watching. Best wishes, Paul
@@TrumpetTakeaway thank you very much for your reply! We have a brass shop nearby which sells used instruments as well as new ones. So I will take a look there first. I will also definitely take a look at the store in London you suggested!
This is a great idea and I have no doubt that it will be very helpful. I've been working on this using just the lead pipe. I wonder if it might be helpful if you wrote or spoke a bit about the actual biomechanics of how you "fill in the gap"...tongue arch, corners, chin muscles, etc. I realize that experimenting is a good thing but I'm one of those that also appreciates specific instruction. Thanks for your very helpful videos!
Hi George. It's a good point you make and I hope others thinking the same will read this response. My Takeaway channel is aimed at players who play for fun and are not interested in the deeper knowledge or understanding of the techniques presented. This is very much a quick fix solution to a very common problem among beginning or less advanced players. My approach for a more advanced player or someone looking for a deeper understanding is completely different and is why I have the Trumpet Prof channel. Another reason for not being as specific with biomechanics, is if I leave it as a simple "try this and work it out" the player is more likely to find a more natural way for them. This exercise should trigger the right response but can be executed several ways as you mention above. Without me knowing if your primary frequency control is with your "corners" or tongue arch or chin muscles it is better to keep things simple and let nature take its course. You've got me thinking now about the player who crosses both channels!! Thanks for taking the time to respond. Paul
@@TrumpetTakeaway hi paul. first of all really appreciate your work and all the teaching videos. I have learned a lot from those and just thanks again. Also I admire your way/style of teaching. Thats really appropriate and have extensions in all related realm. And of course let nature takes its course is a very reasonale solution. As a young college student who plays for fun, I am in the part that crosses both tp and tpt takeaway channels. Actually I only spend time on my playing but a little interest in those details behind the chop/vibration/biomechanism. So I will say its okay we can manage to know some physics but thats really something fuzzy when taken into playing.
Hi again Paul. Thanks for your helpful response. I do realize that I tend to look for that very specific "key" that will help me get to that next level. Frankly, I'm old and trying to come back to the trumpet as efficiently as possible. I do realize that "key" doesn't really exist and I need to find my way through this. Your lessons are really helpful. Keep them coming!
George
@@TrumpetTakeaway
Amazing! Is that a Benge you’re playing?
I love you're videos! May I ask you to do a video about the correct mouthpiece placement on the lips? I want to know how much of the lips is appropriate to put in to the mouthpiece? And how to overcome overblowing but still maintaining a nice tone?
Thanks! Really good topic you raise and I'll address this in a video soon. Paul
This is very clever ...thank you so much
Hey Paul I think you’re a great teacher. I am a comeback player! Haven’t played my horn regularly for more than 30 years!!! I’m 61 and finding it difficult to practice. Do you have tips to practice? Thanks.
Hi Paul- I'm also a comeback player. I took lessons from a student of Bill Adam where the focus is on sound, not the physical aspects of play. It was a good foundation for me. I'd suggest looking for tutorials on Adam and Charlie Porter's videos among others. The best way to progress quickly would be to find a good teacher, who is a trumpet player and not a generalist. If you can play 2-3 times per day in short sessions or about 45-60 minutes in one session, you'll find you will get your chops back. Remember to rest as much as you play. Tired chops produces bad habits like pressing too hard. Also recommend finding some good sound models to keep in your head, like Doc Severinsen, Maurice Andre, Ron Romm, Bobby Shew, Ryan Anthony, Philip Smith.
Paul.. you have a great balance between the theory and the demo ... I think the specific technique tools are great..I practised bow and arrow last night - great. The best 2 takeaways you have given me so far are 1) Believe in yourself. Yes you can! and 2) You need to work it out yourself - (role of teachers to provide you with the whole arsenal of tools . the spanners and wrenches..but no better engineer than yourself to build the engine right for you.. just remember Paul & don't stop at the Fiiat... !)
Quick question.. do you use visualization of the air / of anything / when you practice? thanks steve
Thanks Steve much appreciated. Personally I don't use visualization although I've tried this approach (and most others!) in the past and it has had its benefits. I much prefer to focus on sensations both in my own playing and for my teaching. The sensation of air pressure is a particularly important one for me. Of course this occasionally creates conflict with certain areas of physics but as a trumpet teacher my primary objective is to deliver what works and I absolutely never give advice that hasn't been tested and proven by both me and my students. Great to have you on board! Paul
Really great content and really nicely delivered too! Fantastic job, greatly appreciated here, thank you a lot :) I have two questions/remarks. Firstly, can you say something about trying this exercise in the low register, namely low C to middle G and middle G to high C ? Easier ? Still beneficial ? Secondly, I find it easier to bend down (from E down to C) instead of up as you suggest. Can you comment on this also please ?
Hi and thanks! In general slurring up from low C to G and G-C isn't as challenging for most which is why I started the video a little higher. Also the step is much larger too but it is still worth practicing it. On your second point, yes it is easier to bend down from the upper note because you are relaxing the muscles rather than contracting them. Just as it is easier to ride a bike down a hill than up! Remember though that actually filling in the gap isn't important. Its purpose is only to stimulate the muscles to work the right way and kick the note up with good technique rather than bad. Good luck with it. Paul
I am a 73 year old comeback and have been playing for about 20 years, always struggling with the upper register. I have studied with quite a few great players. High register always seems to be discussed as a matter of a freely buzzing lip but with a much smaller aperture. To paraphrase Greg Spence, it takes less air to play high and a smaller aperture. More air = louder, higher pitch equals less air and smaller aperture. I have watched all of your videos. You have not yet talked about aperture, only that 'nebulous' term embouchure. Many questions come to mind but I'll just ask this one for now: What happens to YOUR embouchure and YOUR aperture when you "sigh" with more pressure to play higher? Oops, one more: How can I tell while I am playing if my top lip is relaxed? There must be some physical feedback that lets me know.
Sad he hasn't responded yet.
Very interesting. I just recently saw a video by Javier Gonzalez, similarly filling in the gaps but just on the leadpipe. Is it more strength or coordination of a key elements of the embouchure needed to do this? I'm a long way off from stopping that snap to the next harmonic.
Hi James. This is less about building strength and more about developing technique and (as you say) coordination. It's primarily a way to trigger a reaction. Actually all we want is to "snap" to the next harmonic however if you continue to try to fill the gap it will strengthen embouchure muscles which is no bad thing! I'm sure at some point someone will raise the point that it is in conflict with some of the principles I talk about over on the Trumpet Prof channel (and indeed it is) but not everyone wants to access extreme high register or "build a Ferrari" and these techniques are both proven and extremely effective. All best, Paul
@@TrumpetTakeaway Thanks Paul. I really appreciate what you're doing with both your channels, and taking the time to respond. Another crossover viewer here, not a beginner, not a pro, just a keen amateur wanting to improve. Getting a new view on the basics is as helpful as more advanced techniques.
did u ever have trouble where when u played high notes a little blast of air shot outh
very interesting but my English is not good and the automatic translation very poor. So could you ask to a friend trumpet player speaking french to translated your video? It would be very appreciated and very usefull by your french followers.
Thanck
JLS
I'm trying to fill in the gaps but isss not working. What exactly does filling in the gaps meannnn?
I think he means between the notes being able to go up without going straight to the note for example from the C in the staff to the highest E in the staff. If you fill in the gaps then you can go to the E from the C without going straight to the note
It's like sliding into the note rather than just falling on to it
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😵🎺 unbelievable! I didn't know the trumpet can do that! There s another teacher on UA-cam that can do the same thing.playing scale without valves.
Thanks Paul. Does it help or retard playing development using a practice mute?
damn this video hit different doe
Asante!
Why not just slur the scales while you’re learning them 👍🤔🇬🇧