ok i want section leader for trumpets next year i NEED TO IMPROVE MY RANGE any tips and if anyone is offering lessons i can't pay alot but i'll try

Assuming that you have figured out a solid embouchure, and been playing for a long time:

There are many ways to improve range. First, and most importantly, is to practice. Period. No question about. But there are many ways to improve, and it depends on how much you want to work. You can try the pencil technique, where you try to hold the butt end of the pencil with lips ALONE. This exercises the muscles that are necessary for playing really high notes. Another way is to improve the amount of air you intake (look up "The Breathing Gym". Its a great resource). What I do is to breath in with a LOW TONE (to open the air cavity and esophagus), suck your stomach in really tight, and lift your chest up like you want to touch your chin. This raises your diaphragm, which will provide enough support for your lungs to exhale the necessary air to play really, really high. I, personally, believe the most beneficial method is the first and the last suggestion I told, because it works for me everytime; I use the breathing gym as a last resort.

Hope this helps.

belltrumpetplayer19

Have a look at this link from a very accomplished lead player. He played the lead trumpet parts for all the 2010 Olympic music.

http://www.mikeherriott.com/rangedevelopment.htm

You might also check out some of the You Tube videos or website of Nick Drozdoff. He toured with Maynard Ferguson. http://www.nickdrozdoff.com/

Cheers,
Dave

This is not to offend or discredit DrDave here. I appreciate his input. However, here's my opinion on the two links DrDave provided:

http://www.mikeherriott.com/rangedevelopment.htm
- This is a good exercise, specifically that it mainly focuses on air and that it "always" work for you. And the notion promoted was if you would follow those exercises you would be playing double high C's and beyond thanks to, exclusively, the air. However, playing high notes, especially above high C (even high D), is not JUST the air. When you play high notes, the amount of air required causes changes in your embouchure position (if your looking to play without any movement, search Armando Ghitalla), the position of your trumpet (varies from player-to-player), and most importantly, the position of your tongue. What good would it do if your tongue is almost at the bottom of the mouth and you use fast air? You would play low notes really loud, but not achieve the high register. When you play high, you arch your tongue so the back of your tongue is ALMOST touching the roof of the mouth (so when you would blow air out with the tongue like that, it would sound like "shuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiii!!!!!!!"), and you blow A LOT of air out at a very high velocity. What you can try is to yell out something, as loud as you can. No joke. This way you are doing the necessary steps to play high: chest up, stomach sucked in, diaphragm up, and throat open wide. This site is good as an exercise idea and as motivation, but technically not the best in terms of playing really, really high.

http://www.nickdrozdoff.com/#p=page-index.php
- This seemed to me like a promotional sort of thing. Nothing to find to help you to increase your range, or anything else for that matter. The only thing valuable is the free, minute (or so) long clips of almost every song in his previously released album, and could give you ideas on how to solo. But basically all promotional, nothing helpful.

Again this is my opinion, not to discredit DrDave.

Best regards,
belltrumpetplayer19

Sorry but Nicks page is pretty good, if you go to media he has loads of videos explaining several things from how to practice to range. I have found many of these very interesting and a very very good watch and he also has quite a bit on youtube as well, although because Nick is now endorsing Wedge mouthpieces it could very well be seen as advertising.....