Re: How to play high notes?
21:14 on Friday, January 28, 2005
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Re: How to play high notes?
17:44 on Thursday, February 10, 2005
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(Thomas)
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Im 16 now and can at best squeek out a double C, but really building range is usually a gradual thing. You`re not gonna jump 5 notes overnight (well if you do im jealous)
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pressure is key
21:11 on Thursday, February 10, 2005
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(Thomas)
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my band teacher told me that you have to press really hard to sustain those high notes. Don`t slide the mouth piece around, be sure to keep it in one place it helps in being consistent. when you`re done you should have a ring around your ambichure, if the ring is white you pressed to hard, if it`s red it means you had appropriate circulation during your excersise.
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high notes
22:34 on Thursday, February 10, 2005
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(Josh)
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WHATEVER YOU DO DONT PRESS IT AGAINST YOUR LIPS REALLY HARD!
I am a Band director at a middle school I am 33 years old and have been playing since I was 10. If you press hard against you lips its gonna ruin your amisher which you dont want to do. To play high thighten up your lips, make a smaller whole and blow faster air.
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Glissandos
16:15 on Friday, February 11, 2005
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(Mike)
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What the heck is an amisher.........Anywho.....jk
Something that i have noticed with range is the flexability portion to it. Alot of guys i know cant do the "motorboat" or basically just mouthpiece buzzing from low to high. Try it,play a note in the middle register, take out your mouthpiece and see if you can match that. Then, do slow octave slurs with a good, clean buzz. Once you get that semi-mastered apply the same technique to the horn. Dont be too loud when you do it on the horn. Just go from low c to however high you can go comfortably and work your way down chromatically. Just an idea about form between the embouchure(correct spelling) and air speed. Give it a try!
Uh here is a link to an mp3 i made while typing this post. It has the basic idea of what i mean. This link is only good for two weeks so email me if you cant get it from this link.
http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1P0WD7GZC5ILO1ZBSBK1CXKKPO
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amisher
19:41 on Friday, February 11, 2005
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(Shawn)
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and amisher are the muscles in your lips
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oh.
01:20 on Saturday, February 12, 2005
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(Mike)
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Weird....cool beans.
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Re: How to play high notes?
12:00 on Sunday, February 13, 2005
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(Stradivarius)
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make sure ur warmed up. I`m in 7th grade too, and I can get a high b...but i have to warm up for a good 10 min.-15 min.
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NO PRESSING
12:04 on Sunday, February 13, 2005
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(Stradivarius)
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oh yeah, and don`t press hard. make sure your chin is taught...i bet thats the problem...if u let it crimp up it wil not help ur sound or ability to get in the higher register. DO NOT PRESS UR LIPS REALLY HARD. I don`t no where anyone got that from, but you`ll blow out ur lips doing that...you will never be able to play again...EVER.
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high notes
20:05 on Sunday, February 13, 2005
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(Shawn)
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finaly theres someone in here as smart as me, thnx stradvirus
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Amisher...?
10:12 on Monday, February 14, 2005
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(Mike)
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Ok im really sry but when i looked up amisher in google i came up with zip. Is this some brassmans lingo or slang. Really now there are alot of muscles in the face and uh yea im confused....sry.
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ZIP?
21:41 on Monday, February 14, 2005
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(Shawn)
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Amisher is not lingo or anything. its really the muscles in ur lip. everytime a brass player gets a new mouthpeice or woodwind gets a new reed, they have to adjust there amisher.
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amisher = embouchure
23:05 on Monday, February 14, 2005
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(Mike)
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Ok so Shawn, my last post was to correct your spelling with amisher to embouchure. Embouchure in my opinion is the application of the various facial muscles that create the aperture. Since i took alot of anatomy and physiology, its safe to say that there is no(stress on this word) muscle on the face that is called the amisher. The muscles around the lips is called the orbicularis oris, and the closest muscle in the face that starts with letter a is the anguli oris. So, i dont mean to be a bit of a nerd but just to correct you for future encounters. Next time maybe the 33 yr old band directors should dust off the old brass techniques book and look up some spelling, sheesh.
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Re: How to play high notes?
11:44 on Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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(John)
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Play a lot of low notes! This opens up the lips and makes you move more air through the horn. A lot of trumpet players tend to pinch when they start playing higher, and while you must adjust your amisher to play higher notes, the more air you`re using to play, the easier it is to get the high notes out. Pinching just makes the tone awful and flat. Don`t press...move more air. Also, it greatly depends on the mouthpiece you`re using...schilke 14A4a is a pretty common mouthpiece for playing in the upper octaves. I only ever use while performing jazz, never in a symphonic setting.
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never did learn how to spel
11:47 on Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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