Playing extreme high notes
10:02 on Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
14:40 on Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Screamer1988 (6 points)
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The only way you can be a scream player is practice. (This is how i increased my range to double C and beyond, but many people have their own methods) I began by just lip buzzing, without the mouthpiece, for 15 minutes a day. I played scales two octave both loud and soft. Practicing excercises softly will make you a much better player and have an impact on range. If you dont already have these, get the Schlossburg, Arbarns, and clark studies books. Start piecing your way through those excercises especially the schlossburg. Practice lip slurs daily, and start increasing the interval jumps. Finally stand in front of your mirror, and watch your embouchure as you lip slur. Make sure that you are using only air, and that your embouchure is not changing. Building your lips, focus, air stream, and endurance will all come from doing these things daily. It will take time but you will find that your range will dramatically increase. Be patient and goodluck with everything!
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
14:41 on Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
20:27 on Saturday, April 22, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
07:20 on Friday, April 28, 2006
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cancervivor (40 points)
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I'm most likely much older than most who post on this forum, so I'm going to offer a little advice based on many years of experience (knowledge gained by experience = Wisdom).
Though to become an "good" trumpeter one has to learn (train one's embouchure) to play in the high register, just being able to hit high notes is no good unless it can be done with clarity, proper intonation, and volume control. I've watched a lot of trumpeters "squeal". While doing it, most turn red in the face, the veins in their forehead pop up, they squinch their eyes shut and screw their faces all out of shape while they proceed to rattle the eardrums of anyone within 50 feet. To what end? Trumpet players in the audience might be impressed to some degree, but the first response from the average observer is usually more "how did they do that?" much more often than "Wow!". There's nothing wrong with working on your upper range, but for the sake of not messing up your lip in the process, go slowly. Be patient. When you find you can hit a note higher than before, don't try to go another step up until you can play that one with some degree of comfort, volume control, clarity, and without going grossly sharp or flat. When you can pick up your horn, and without warming up can hit high C (1st C above staff), then and only then should you let squealing or playing high D, E or above become of any concern.
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
16:57 on Sunday, April 30, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
05:53 on Thursday, May 4, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
21:40 on Sunday, May 7, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
18:50 on Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
07:32 on Thursday, May 11, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
18:38 on Saturday, May 27, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
18:33 on Monday, May 29, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
15:14 on Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
21:27 on Thursday, December 28, 2006
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Re: Playing extreme high notes
11:58 on Friday, December 29, 2006
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