THANKS SO MUCH!!! Your time and effort Greg, and how you GIVE out so much of your well-researched information is so honourable and appreciated! I hope to collate your teachings and learn at home properly one day... :D Nice work!!
gracias gracias llevo una semann practicando tus ejercisios,y me sieito mas mejor no cansado,. y marcado de mis labios por practicar mucho,soy principiante.
Thanks for your great video lessons online ( I bought the ebook) - all the concepts ( don't blow/buzz/tuck bottom lip ) have really helped me to relax and in a matter of weeks my range has changed entirely, the top notes ping out when everything is resonating. Playing the leadpipe is a really dependable start to my warm-up. I would think that the there is a sound wave produced in the mouth cavity by the lips/trumpet system which, when the cavity shape is right, supports the vibrating lips.
@leneytunes Fantastic news about your playing!!! I would go further and suggest the sound wave goes beyond just the oral cavity and suggest that the body emits frequency that must match a frequency of the pipe to get pure resonance. I am researching this at the moment! All the best!
Hi Greg, back again. I've had a tricky time with inconsistent embouchure stuff. After seeing another trumpeter at a gig I realised that I was really holding back the air. Relaxing, so not forcing but not holding back, creates a huge vibration in the lips and an enormous sound. Its a bit weird that I don't have to do as much. Its like trying to control the air with as little effort as possible rather than needing to create the note. Your site is such a great reference - buy the book!
Yep, playing above that requires very focused corners and the sound changes dramatically. Playing the e,f,f# and g esp is more of an isometric focussing exercise that I do not recommend you do for long periods.
Thanks so much for making these videos. I've been taking the windworks course for awhile now and thanks to the course I got the magnifying glass out and have identified a multitude of deficiencies with my overall playing. Right away I have noticed a vast improvement in airflow due to correct breathing etc. and a great improvement in tone as I'm not pinching or clamping. I'm getting somewhat hung up on the concept of "tension at the corners of the aperture". Do I increase vertical pressure where the lips contact at the corners and then try to push the corners together horizontally while leaving the center of the lips relaxed? I've been using this technique while doing the lip slur exercises and not getting very much speed.
It IS possible to play all pitches on the leadpipe but that is very advanced. Due to the length of the pipe, only particular harmonics want to resonate freely. The best results will be gained playing the low concert D and below. To go up chromatically above the D, you really need to know how to get the aperture corners firm and the oscillating lip away from the teeth.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it once more....Marvelous instructor.
@Jazzguyman Thanks for your kind words. Hope you are enjoying the site! Greg
THANKS SO MUCH!!! Your time and effort Greg, and how you GIVE out so much of your well-researched information is so honourable and appreciated! I hope to collate your teachings and learn at home properly one day... :D Nice work!!
@leneytunes, great to hear from you again and that things are going so well! All the best, Greg
Asante Mzee
gracias gracias llevo una semann practicando tus ejercisios,y me sieito mas mejor no cansado,. y marcado de mis labios por practicar mucho,soy principiante.
Thanks for your great video lessons online ( I bought the ebook) - all the concepts ( don't blow/buzz/tuck bottom lip ) have really helped me to relax and in a matter of weeks my range has changed entirely, the top notes ping out when everything is resonating. Playing the leadpipe is a really dependable start to my warm-up.
I would think that the there is a sound wave produced in the mouth cavity by the lips/trumpet system which, when the cavity shape is right, supports the vibrating lips.
leneytunes Tuck bottom lip ? don't remember seeing this in the e-book.
leneytunes oh I get it, I read that wrong, sorry.
@leneytunes Fantastic news about your playing!!! I would go further and suggest the sound wave goes beyond just the oral cavity and suggest that the body emits frequency that must match a frequency of the pipe to get pure resonance. I am researching this at the moment! All the best!
Hi Greg, back again. I've had a tricky time with inconsistent embouchure stuff. After seeing another trumpeter at a gig I realised that I was really holding back the air. Relaxing, so not forcing but not holding back, creates a huge vibration in the lips and an enormous sound. Its a bit weird that I don't have to do as much. Its like trying to control the air with as little effort as possible rather than needing to create the note. Your site is such a great reference - buy the book!
Yep, playing above that requires very focused corners and the sound changes dramatically. Playing the e,f,f# and g esp is more of an isometric focussing exercise that I do not recommend you do for long periods.
very good, thank from Italy!
Thanks so much for making these videos. I've been taking the windworks course for awhile now and thanks to the course I got the magnifying glass out and have identified a multitude of deficiencies with my overall playing. Right away I have noticed a vast improvement in airflow due to correct breathing etc. and a great improvement in tone as I'm not pinching or clamping. I'm getting somewhat hung up on the concept of "tension at the corners of the aperture". Do I increase vertical pressure where the lips contact at the corners and then try to push the corners together horizontally while leaving the center of the lips relaxed? I've been using this technique while doing the lip slur exercises and not getting very much speed.
I've found your videos very interesting. Thanks for that.
Any chance of those stroboscopic videos showing up somewhere on the net?
It IS possible to play all pitches on the leadpipe but that is very advanced. Due to the length of the pipe, only particular harmonics want to resonate freely. The best results will be gained playing the low concert D and below. To go up chromatically above the D, you really need to know how to get the aperture corners firm and the oscillating lip away from the teeth.
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