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 Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:05 pm
I don't know what to do I've played drums for almost five years now but this concert season we had too many drummers so i decided to play something else. I always wanted to play trumpet so for almost a month now i've been playing trumpet. Since I've always played percussion you can imagine what my lung capacity is. I'm always an octave lower then everyone and when I'm alone I can produce a good sound but when we tune I get REALLY REALLY nervious and crap comes from my horn. It sounds awful. I don't know what to do my teacher says it's how I hold my lips to the mouthpiece. Can any trumpet players pm and tell exactly how do you hold it to make higher notes? I'm confused! I was always the best on drums so sucking is driving me insane. Please help!
Note from your friendly neighborhood Vice-Captain (iOggy): Excessive use of punctuation isn't necessary, and grammar and spelling are your friends. I've fixed your mistakes this time; consider it a warning.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:54 pm
a hint is to hold you horn high, it is easier to play, try playing in front of your friends or ask for help from the director, I had a section leader help me learn, play over the stand increases your air or something, and practice your range, you will most likely get rid of your nervousness if you are more confident in your playing.
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:31 am
uhm...switch to another instrument? i dunno...not a trumpet player... i play flute and sax and both are not like trumpert
so sry! ninja
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:29 pm
This is coming from a trombone player, but it's still good general advice for a wind player.
Sit up straight. A lot of people slouch when they play and it really holds back the amount of air you can get through your instrument. Sometimes if you can't hit the higher notes, it's not the lips, but the amount of air you're pushing through.
Practice a lot. Some stuff just comes with experience.
Low notes - looser lips. High notes - tighter lips. There's more to it than that, but that's the basics.
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:11 pm
im not a trumpet player but i think i have an idea
the tighter ur lips. the higher the note. like whistling...
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:34 am
I'm not a trumpet player eather but I've played a tuba before... what I found was if I didn't vibrate my lips right the note didn't come out so make sure you do so. Everything else that I could tell you people have already metioned so good luck <3
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:35 am
Oh, and practice a whole lot...
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:01 pm
I don't play the trumpet, but the director at my school usually has the people that are having trouble playing the trumpet switch to the baritone. The range of notes is not as wide and there are easier rhythms to play most of the time.
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:42 pm
practice, actually. dont bust your chops doing it, but just do lip slurs up, it helps.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:24 am
I disagree, you can't pinch because you'll do damage to your lips and you'll limit your range. Plus, you'll usually sound choked or horrible. You need to speed the air up, raise the tongue and 'think low' (seriously, sounds silly but it's not); drop your jaw a bit if you can and just try not to worry, because when you worry about it you'll usually split.
It's mostly a mental thing if you have good technique (no pinching!)
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