Bryan Davis - Airflow Music probably one of your best tips so far, hydration is rarely talked about by the trumpet teaching community ....a rule of thumb is drink half your weight in ounces...a 200 lb man should consume close to 100 ounces....a 150 lb women 75 ounces extra.... as an individual ages their thirst demand decreases becoming even more important to monitor your water volume....young people ages 15 to 35 usually don’t need to concern too much about hydration as their thirst demand prompts them to drink proper water intake, that said, everyone should be concerned about hydration requirements.
Willy - thanks for watching and commenting. I’m aware of that rule of thumb. The trouble is that it really only works for my US viewers - most other countries of the world have stopped using fluid ounces in favour of (milli)litres, and almost as many default to kilos rather pounds when measuring mass. I’m not aware of a similar rule of thumb that works well for metric!
Bryan Davis - Airflow Music, a bit off topic but I had a question, why is it that when I’m playing through a phrase that gets higher at the end of it I tend to have trouble, as opposed to me taking the mouthpiece of my lips for just 2 seconds and playing just the part at the end, then in this case I play the end fine, I’m not sure if it’s a endurance or range issue because just the slightest time off the mouthpiece and I’m good to go. I’ve always had this problem I have been playing for 6 years now, what do you think will help me with this problem?
Hi, I been playing on off since 1950, will be 84 this year, we horn guys never gives up, ha ha. Like M Ferguson Im a dry player, but play never over staff B. That is ok for me, play jazz in Chet Baker style. You tell us to prefere wet emb, so I started change to that, I start play bad so I quit, old dogs is best in old habits! Thanks for tips.. Johnny D Bergh
Hi Bryan. Congratulations for these great videos for trumpet players!... I would like to ask you a question... I'm an intermmediate player (returning player). When using dry embochure, i can reach a Double C and the next D/E notes.... however, when embochure gets wet/slippery, i loose 100% of the grip, loosing control, tone and my high register. How can i improve playing on wet embochure circumstances? i.e (carnivals). Is there a way to train to have both...a wet/dry embochure so that i doesn't matter? If i practice with a wet embochure, it could impact or benefit my dry setup? Any help will be appreciated.
@@AirflowMusicNYC yeah ive gotten better with hydration recently, and it really does make a difference. I feel like i have more control over what I'm playing.
I have an absolute nightmare playing on a morning the notes just don't speak and I can barely hit an E. On an evening no problem at all. It's just awful
All questions and feedback welcome, as always. Stay thirsty, my friends!
Bryan Davis - Airflow Music I'm happy to see that there will be more seasons of this series!
I’ll be taking a break from the alphabet for a while, but there will still be videos every week. I’m having far too much fun to stop now! 🎺😀
Bryan Davis - Airflow Music probably one of your best tips so far, hydration is rarely talked about by the trumpet teaching community ....a rule of thumb is drink half your weight in ounces...a 200 lb man should consume close to 100 ounces....a 150 lb women 75 ounces extra.... as an individual ages their thirst demand decreases becoming even more important to monitor your water volume....young people ages 15 to 35 usually don’t need to concern too much about hydration as their thirst demand prompts them to drink proper water intake, that said, everyone should be concerned about hydration requirements.
Willy - thanks for watching and commenting. I’m aware of that rule of thumb. The trouble is that it really only works for my US viewers - most other countries of the world have stopped using fluid ounces in favour of (milli)litres, and almost as many default to kilos rather pounds when measuring mass. I’m not aware of a similar rule of thumb that works well for metric!
Bryan Davis - Airflow Music, a bit off topic but I had a question, why is it that when I’m playing through a phrase that gets higher at the end of it I tend to have trouble, as opposed to me taking the mouthpiece of my lips for just 2 seconds and playing just the part at the end, then in this case I play the end fine, I’m not sure if it’s a endurance or range issue because just the slightest time off the mouthpiece and I’m good to go. I’ve always had this problem I have been playing for 6 years now, what do you think will help me with this problem?
Unbelievable! He came up with one for X!
Some of them are more tenuous than others. X actually fit really well! Thanks for watching.
Great Topic, I Play with wet lips but my teacher plays with dry, it just must be personal.
I’m happy for it to be a personal choice, although there are pros and cons for both wet and dry embouchures.
Hi, I been playing on off since 1950, will be 84 this year, we horn guys never gives up, ha ha.
Like M Ferguson Im a dry player, but play never over staff B.
That is ok for me, play jazz in Chet Baker style.
You tell us to prefere wet emb, so I started change to that, I start play bad so I quit, old dogs is best in old habits!
Thanks for tips..
Johnny D Bergh
@@johnnyberglund841 good job
Hi Bryan. Congratulations for these great videos for trumpet players!... I would like to ask you a question... I'm an intermmediate player (returning player). When using dry embochure, i can reach a Double C and the next D/E notes.... however, when embochure gets wet/slippery, i loose 100% of the grip, loosing control, tone and my high register. How can i improve playing on wet embochure circumstances? i.e (carnivals). Is there a way to train to have both...a wet/dry embochure so that i doesn't matter?
If i practice with a wet embochure, it could impact or benefit my dry setup? Any help will be appreciated.
I live in Arizona, where it’s very dry, and I get dry lips a lot. It makes playing the trumpet, especially low notes, difficult at times
All the more reason to hydrate!
Where in AZ are you? I’ll be in Scottsdale for a gig in October.
@@AirflowMusicNYC Glendale
@@AirflowMusicNYC yeah ive gotten better with hydration recently, and it really does make a difference. I feel like i have more control over what I'm playing.
Not a million miles away, then.
I have an absolute nightmare playing on a morning the notes just don't speak and I can barely hit an E. On an evening no problem at all. It's just awful
I’m sorry to hear that. How are you warming up?