Your Guide To Embouchure Changes On The Trumpet | Matt Vangjel
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
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I play in a brass band in the Isle of Man, Cornet as a pose to trumpet but the principles are the same I expect, and 2 items that cause me issues are I find it difficult to play quietly and after practicing for about 1 to 2 hours my top lip swells and I cannot blow any notes. Which leads me to my question about the mouthpiece placement, which Matt discussed at approx. 41 minutes on the podcast.
Should the inner part of the rim be placed on the muscle part of the lip above the fleshy part of the top lip or just the whole rim in general?
I think Matt mentioned the inner rim being above the red line, on the muscle part of the lip
Yes, above the fleshy part of the lip. You want to rest that on the muscle. It’s a weird sensation, at first, but combine that with less mouthpiece pressure and your lips will swell a lot less too.
“I was tired in the right way.” I think I know what you mean, but a bit more description would be great.
How would an older player go about being able to take a lesson from great teachers like you gentleman?
To reach out to Matt, send him a message. He shared his contact info at the end of the episode.
For me, you can send me a message through my website!
I find that when I do a natural puffy cheek blow and then hold in my cheeks, the length (top to bottom) of my lips is too long to fit all the fleshy part into the cup of a trumpet mouthpiece. How do you address that?
And I don't really mean I'm trying to fit "all" of the fleshy part. I'm just referring to fitting the extreme top and bottom of the fleshy part inside the inner rim of the MP.
I've now tried the other method mentioned in the video, the one the horn player taught his wife, and that worked better for me. As someone who's played trumpet for over 50 years, but who has had an uncontrollable wobble become a part of my sound in recent years (very much like a lip/chin vibrato, but very unmusical), I'm looking to find ways to make my embouchure more efficient and to get rid of the wobble. This may help. Sorta like relearning how to play.
A great embouchure will be a balance of those pucker muscles and the corners (which will help make your lips less “long” from top to bottom).
If you watch closely when I form the embouchure after puffing, there’s a little bit of a flattening on my lips (some might say rolling in but I avoid thinking that way because of my history) so that the mouthpiece has a flat plane on which to rest. That’s the engagement and balance I need from all the embouchure muscles to get the sound I want in a healthy way.
Both exercises are options for people and different ones work better for different people. If the second one works better, go with that!
A lot of times that wobble is just muscles working in a way they are not used to working. Keep focusing on forming your embouchure around air and that eventually will help you stabilize the tone. If you don’t have a constant flow, you end up over squeezing the muscles and that can also cause some shakiness and a really pinched sound. Experiment with all of these until you find the sound you want!
@@mattvangjel3254 Thanks, Matt! I've replied via email.