im a senior in high school,,im 1st chair,,and ive been playin since 5th grade,,i was wondering if anyone knows the steps to get their trumpet to scream,,its seems like i can,,,but im not sure,,ive heard that one needs to blow ALOT of air,and not to put alot of pressure on ur mouthpiece,,what other steps are needed to achieve "screaming",like i was saying it seems ike i can,,but not that loud,,

By screaming do you mean like high notes or what?

yeah,,like what maynard ferguson does,,

Maynard is just really really really really really really really good. It seems like he`s doing some different technique or something but he`s really not. I read on one of Maynards sites that he could get a double high c by his second year playing!!!!!!!! Just talent and practice is what made him play that high. plus a great eboushure(sp). not to mention the greatest breath support ever.

Practice,practice,practice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

large people can play easier,it sucks, cause I;m not large, but it does seem to be true. doesn`t life suck... Hey, I try moving my mouthpiece a little offcenter, and I played around and I can scream up to around triple C + It is hard to control, very very hard. but It is fun and you develope the sound over time. have fun, and don`t be afraid to try new things, no matter how wierd, as long as you don`t damage your trumpet (unless you`re really rich cause then I would hate you unless you wanted to buy me a new trumpet cause mine sucks...)
-the generally unhelpful matt

wow triple c. thats great. but i just am curious, what do YOU mean by triple c. ppl talk about the higher register differently so then high triple c i`m thinking of may not be the one that you are talking about. see, in the professional world(or from what i`ve heard) high c is two lines above the staff, then you can start saying double by the Bb higher than that c. so double c would be (in my understanding) an octave above the c two lines above the staff. please post back...i`m intrigued

To my understandin, the first c above staff is one octave then the second one which ive heard the duba or the supa C and then the third is the that one that other guy was talkin about, email me if it help or just confused you. mn_crazy@hotmail.com

Hey yo, there is another thing you could do. see you do all that crap then you get a great screamer mouthpeice. such as SCHILKE 14A4a. very good for high notes. w/b

you just have to bee good to play super high, and whatever you do DON`T PUT ANY PRESSURE ON YOUR MOUTHPIECE!!!

this is gonna make u guys freak. maynard ferguson was a guest artist at our annual jazz festival at buchanan high school, clovis CA. He was awesome. Im a sax player but man he was so good. the screamin notes were so clear and in tune.

dude thats freakin awsome think you could get me a number or some crap maybe he could do it somewhere else to i want to hear him in person. thanks

A really great website for Maynard is maynard.ferguson.net I suggest everyone that plays trumpet to got there and listen to the sound clips. Martin- If you want to see him check out the Tour Dates on the website. I`ve already found the concert that i`m going to. I`m so envious of you spencer. That would`ve been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool!!!!!!! Just a little tid bit of information...
To Dan-Maynard`s suggestion to get higher is to use more pressure. And Scott Englebright(1st trumpet of MF`s band) says to get the the mouthpiece with the flattests rim you can find, so you can use the most pressure possible.
So obviously there are differing views on whether or not to use pressure.

Wow!!!!! Triple C`s...that`s great. I am a 1st chair trumpeter down in texas at Bloomington HighSchool. I can scream a double C on most occasions and double-tongue. I want to start learning triple tongueing and learning some upper-register high notes and stuff....any of you guys have some words of advice. Thanks

if you ever use a screach mouth piece, don`t apply pressure. If you do you can ruin you lips forever.