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johan
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Posted: 2007-09-14 05:54 CEST | |
| I've been told my one of the instructors in our marching band that my sound isn't round enough. Naturally, they told me to use more air, push the air out with my stomach, and open my throat as if I were swallowing an egg. I do all these things, yet they tell me I'm not making a round, rich sound. Any suggestions? | ||
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Yvette
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Posted: 2007-11-25 22:25 CEST | |
| You limit the amount of lip in your mouthpiece to hit high notes, well, I think you may just need to put more lip in the mouth piece, thats all I have to do to fix my quality most of the time. | ||
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jolt8va
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Posted: 2008-02-24 02:25 CEST | |
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Envision the sound spinning through and out the end of your trumpet hitting or even breaching the wall across from you. never blow into the instrument blow through it. if you want to play higher think of the notes as further away and not higher. also make sure you aren't using pressure to play higher use the air and your embouchure. A great way to tell if you're using too much pressure is to lay on your back and rest the trumpet on your lips if the weight of the trumpet is less than the usual pressure you apply then you're applying WAY too much pressure. I can play up to a C above the staff with the trumpet rested on my palm just using air and embouchure adjustments (theres no reason anyone can't unless they learned using too much pressure) also don't put your little finger in the ring, it'll make you want to apply more pressure and possibly impede on your technical abilities (due to the fact that that finger is pointing at an odd angle compared to the other ones. Most of all practice long tones and practice them a lot. They are EXELENT for improving your tone. Practice them loud and soft and everywhere in between. I don't know who your instructors are but I've never been told to push the air out with my stomach, it should happen naturally if you're doing everything else right. Providing you're still awake, I hopes this helps! |
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