The stunning tonal range of the trumpet will reward the student with many years of musical pleasure. Ear training, social sensitivity, teamwork, pitch and rhythm awareness are only a few of the positive attributes that are afforded by gaining musicianship skills on the trumpet.
Steps:
1. Pretend that you have a small piece of paper on the end of your tongue. Now spit it off. Let the air continue through your lips.
2. Do the same thing again keeping your lips close together and produce a long "buzz."
3. Take the trumpet's mouthpiece by the small tube known as the "shank."
4. Put the larger end in the center of your closed lips. Center your lips both vertically and horizontally.
5. Do the "spit-buzz" exercise into the mouthpiece. Sustain the "buzz" for 5 seconds.
6. Insert the mouthpiece into the lead pipe with a very slight twist.
7. Now do the "spit-buzz" exercise to produce long and steady tones.
8. Depress the first valve. Produce a steady tone. This pitch should be a first-space F on the treble clef of your sheet music.
9. Lift that finger so that no valves are down. Produce a higher pitched tone. This would be a second-line treble-clef G.
10. Produce your best tone. This and pitch control are the primary initial goals.
Tips:
Maintain good posture so that deep breathing can supply the resource for diaphragm support. This is the secret to playing high register notes and for gaining endurance.
Blow a steady stream of air with medium pressure placing the mouthpiece on your lips "dead center."
Take lessons from a good teacher and ask for tips from other good trumpeters.
Warnings:
Keep your cheeks flat to develop a good embouchure.
Avoid pinching your lips or squeezing the mouthpiece against the lips to play high notes. Play "medium register" notes for now.
Tips from eHow Users:
Air Control by kedusi
Analyze your air using the Four F's. Fast air will hold a piece of paper to the wall. Free air will do the same with a very open throat and a relaxed upper body. Flowing air will not let the paper drop between articulations while tonguing. Focused air will keep the paper up longer. Air should be fast, free, flowing, and focused throughout your playing range. Actual experiments with paper on a wall are sometimes difficult but may be of some help in trying to understand these concepts. Any time you have trouble in a passage of music, that is clearly not related to fingering or reading of the music, it will probably be an air problem. Note that the four f's are not completely independent. Each area of air control has some effect on the others to varying degrees. I hope this helps!
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Play the trumpet by eHow Friend
We never use the tip of the tongue to control air when playing trumpet or any brass instrument. The tip of the tongue usually rests behind the bottom teeth. The tongue must form an arch and the contact of the tongue's arch with the palate is what controls the air. Anyone who reads a real trumpet method can attest that! The paper spitting routine is not the correct approach to learn lip buzzing.
The stunning tonal range of the trumpet will reward the student with many years of musical pleasure. Ear training, social sensitivity, teamwork, pitch and rhythm awareness are only a few of the positive attributes that are afforded by gaining musicianship skills on the trumpet.
Steps:
1. Pretend that you have a small piece of paper on the end of your tongue. Now spit it off. Let the air continue through your lips.
2. Do the same thing again keeping your lips close together and produce a long "buzz."
3. Take the trumpet's mouthpiece by the small tube known as the "shank."
4. Put the larger end in the center of your closed lips. Center your lips both vertically and horizontally.
5. Do the "spit-buzz" exercise into the mouthpiece. Sustain the "buzz" for 5 seconds.
6. Insert the mouthpiece into the lead pipe with a very slight twist.
7. Now do the "spit-buzz" exercise to produce long and steady tones.
8. Depress the first valve. Produce a steady tone. This pitch should be a first-space F on the treble clef of your sheet music.
9. Lift that finger so that no valves are down. Produce a higher pitched tone. This would be a second-line treble-clef G.
10. Produce your best tone. This and pitch control are the primary initial goals.
Tips:
Maintain good posture so that deep breathing can supply the resource for diaphragm support. This is the secret to playing high register notes and for gaining endurance.
Blow a steady stream of air with medium pressure placing the mouthpiece on your lips "dead center."
Take lessons from a good teacher and ask for tips from other good trumpeters.
Warnings:
Keep your cheeks flat to develop a good embouchure.
Avoid pinching your lips or squeezing the mouthpiece against the lips to play high notes. Play "medium register" notes for now.
Tips from eHow Users:
Air Control by kedusi
Analyze your air using the Four F's. Fast air will hold a piece of paper to the wall. Free air will do the same with a very open throat and a relaxed upper body. Flowing air will not let the paper drop between articulations while tonguing. Focused air will keep the paper up longer. Air should be fast, free, flowing, and focused throughout your playing range. Actual experiments with paper on a wall are sometimes difficult but may be of some help in trying to understand these concepts. Any time you have trouble in a passage of music, that is clearly not related to fingering or reading of the music, it will probably be an air problem. Note that the four f's are not completely independent. Each area of air control has some effect on the others to varying degrees. I hope this helps!
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Play the trumpet by eHow Friend
We never use the tip of the tongue to control air when playing trumpet or any brass instrument. The tip of the tongue usually rests behind the bottom teeth. The tongue must form an arch and the contact of the tongue's arch with the palate is what controls the air. Anyone who reads a real trumpet method can attest that! The paper spitting routine is not the correct approach to learn lip buzzing.
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The stunning tonal range of the trumpet will reward the student with many years of musical pleasure. Ear training, social sensitivity, teamwork, pitch and rhythm awareness are only a few of the positive attributes that are afforded by gaining musicianship skills on the trumpet.
Steps:
1. Pretend that you have a small piece of paper on the end of your tongue. Now spit it off. Let the air continue through your lips.
2. Do the same thing again keeping your lips close together and produce a long "buzz."
3. Take the trumpet's mouthpiece by the small tube known as the "shank."
4. Put the larger end in the center of your closed lips. Center your lips both vertically and horizontally.
5. Do the "spit-buzz" exercise into the mouthpiece. Sustain the "buzz" for 5 seconds.
6. Insert the mouthpiece into the lead pipe with a very slight twist.
7. Now do the "spit-buzz" exercise to produce long and steady tones.
8. Depress the first valve. Produce a steady tone. This pitch should be a first-space F on the treble clef of your sheet music.
9. Lift that finger so that no valves are down. Produce a higher pitched tone. This would be a second-line treble-clef G.
10. Produce your best tone. This and pitch control are the primary initial goals.
Tips:
Maintain good posture so that deep breathing can supply the resource for diaphragm support. This is the secret to playing high register notes and for gaining endurance.
Blow a steady stream of air with medium pressure placing the mouthpiece on your lips "dead center."
Take lessons from a good teacher and ask for tips from other good trumpeters.
Warnings:
Keep your cheeks flat to develop a good embouchure.
Avoid pinching your lips or squeezing the mouthpiece against the lips to play high notes. Play "medium register" notes for now.
Tips from eHow Users:
Air Control by kedusi
Analyze your air using the Four F's. Fast air will hold a piece of paper to the wall. Free air will do the same with a very open throat and a relaxed upper body. Flowing air will not let the paper drop between articulations while tonguing. Focused air will keep the paper up longer. Air should be fast, free, flowing, and focused throughout your playing range. Actual experiments with paper on a wall are sometimes difficult but may be of some help in trying to understand these concepts. Any time you have trouble in a passage of music, that is clearly not related to fingering or reading of the music, it will probably be an air problem. Note that the four f's are not completely independent. Each area of air control has some effect on the others to varying degrees. I hope this helps!
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Play the trumpet by eHow Friend
We never use the tip of the tongue to control air when playing trumpet or any brass instrument. The tip of the tongue usually rests behind the bottom teeth. The tongue must form an arch and the contact of the tongue's arch with the palate is what controls the air. Anyone who reads a real trumpet method can attest that! The paper spitting routine is not the correct approach to learn lip buzzing.
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