I've always though the Reinhardt stuff was skipped over a bit - I'm near as dammit a type I as my teeth are exactly in line when closed - I played both down and upstream over the years (before knowing about Reinhardt) and messed up both ways! Finding the info and getting a lesson with a Reinhardt teacher was enlightening at the time! I'm v happily nerding out to this conversation.
So much food for thought and practice in these two vids. Louis is always impressively relaxed looking in the stratosphere and this interview reveals how mindful he is about his playing.
The concept of « legs » is incredibly helpful. I actually came to the same basic principle through trumpet teacher Ryan Nielson who says the mouthpiece should maintain a connection with the lips at all times. He say he often has to give his students permission to use more pressure. Fifty years ago when I started learning the trumpet I was taught that one should continually seek to reduce mouthpiece pressure and this has been incredibly detrimental to my playing.
Louis said that downstream players push down to ascend and up do descend ,and upstream players do vice versa, and that is indeed true! But 5:48 he says that Wayne ( downstream) pushes up do ascend .
Downstreamers have two classifications, and two classifications of "pivot." IIIA it's typically a higher place mouthpiece, and they will push up to ascend and down to descend. IIIB still are top lip dominant in the mouthpiece but have a mouthpiece that sits lower than a IIIA. They will push down to ascend and up to descend. I
Hey guys! Do you think a mouthpiece visualizer would be a helpful aid in self-diagnosing your embouchure type? Seems to me that it would help a lot to see what the lips are doing inside and if the air is actually going up or down. (Fun playing the other day Paul! Hopefully again soon)
You don't need to. If you mean upstream or downstream, just tell me what lip is predominant in the mouthpiece. If the top lip predominates , you're downstream type. If your bottom lip is more in the mouthpiece ,you're upstream type ,like majority of trumpet players.
Can’t believe how few views this has - fabulous advice from Louis.
I've always though the Reinhardt stuff was skipped over a bit - I'm near as dammit a type I as my teeth are exactly in line when closed - I played both down and upstream over the years (before knowing about Reinhardt) and messed up both ways! Finding the info and getting a lesson with a Reinhardt teacher was enlightening at the time! I'm v happily nerding out to this conversation.
So much food for thought and practice in these two vids. Louis is always impressively relaxed looking in the stratosphere and this interview reveals how mindful he is about his playing.
The concept of « legs » is incredibly helpful. I actually came to the same basic principle through trumpet teacher Ryan Nielson who says the mouthpiece should maintain a connection with the lips at all times. He say he often has to give his students permission to use more pressure. Fifty years ago when I started learning the trumpet I was taught that one should continually seek to reduce mouthpiece pressure and this has been incredibly detrimental to my playing.
Louis said that downstream players push down to ascend and up do descend ,and upstream players do vice versa, and that is indeed true!
But 5:48 he says that Wayne ( downstream) pushes up do ascend .
Downstreamers have two classifications, and two classifications of "pivot."
IIIA it's typically a higher place mouthpiece, and they will push up to ascend and down to descend.
IIIB still are top lip dominant in the mouthpiece but have a mouthpiece that sits lower than a IIIA. They will push down to ascend and up to descend.
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Hey guys! Do you think a mouthpiece visualizer would be a helpful aid in self-diagnosing your embouchure type? Seems to me that it would help a lot to see what the lips are doing inside and if the air is actually going up or down. (Fun playing the other day Paul! Hopefully again soon)
Doc Reinhardt use clear mouthpieces to do this. Not sure a visualizes would be as accurate
You don't need to. If you mean upstream or downstream, just tell me what lip is predominant in the mouthpiece. If the top lip predominates , you're downstream type. If your bottom lip is more in the mouthpiece ,you're upstream type ,like majority of trumpet players.
@@snrnsjd majority are downstream
Absolut Funtastic…….