Advancing Your Trumpet Playing –Mastering Lip Flexibilities Part 1.4
Using The Right Tools For The Job If you play a lot of gigs that need you to play in the upper register then you’ll no doubt use a mouth piece that is more suited to the job. If you…
Advancing Your Trumpet Playing –Mastering Lip Flexibilities Part 1.3.1
Body Position 2 Looking back to the Green Stickman in the last post you can see the ideal body position for blowing. However because of the stick man nature he is looking pretty rigid and tense – as is the…
Advancing Your Trumpet Playing –Mastering Lip Flexibilities Part 1.3
Body Position You should find the strongest position for your body to generate the best air flow possible. Be aware that a bad posture will result in fatigue and possible long term playing issues. For Example: You often see these…
Advancing Your Trumpet Playing –Mastering Lip Flexibilities Part 1.2
A Brief Look at Chops So not to focus too heavily on chop/ embouchure position his is the ideal scenario. 1) Poor Technique 2) Good Technique Keep in mind that each individual is physically unique hence why this is the…
Advancing Your Trumpet Playing –Mastering Lip Flexibilities Part 1.1
Introduction I have the opportunity to focus on my practice over the next couple of weeks so I’ve decided to focus on a single area of playing; Lip Flexibilities. I’ve decided to approach it in a training style i.e. making…