Paul Mayes presents an educational channel for players who play for fun. Tips, techniques, help and advice to help you play better and enjoy it more too.
I thought you played the saxophone but it wasn't . I hope I could have a big lung like a baloon. I will try to do as you taught us. Thank you for your interesting lesson.
Hi Poul. Thanksbfor all the videos...gives a lot of nice information. When I look at your muscles around the lips, there is a lot of activity. Are you holding the lips back so they do not protrude into the cup? There has to be some resistence somewhere or? Take care Erik Denmark
Thanks for the videos. I'm not sure my problem is just a problem I have or generally for everyone, but my cornet gets very waterlogged and will bubble and gurgle and I cannot pour it out.
thanks.. that helps a lot.. i started blowing and singing a note at the same time to get a buzz.. i was hoping i wasnt doing something stupid.. but i couldnt buzz with out singing a note.. now after week im starting to buzz a little... the sigh technique is wonderful.. thank you so much... ive always wanted to play and never could figure it out.. its only taken me 50 years.. doc johnny nato sicily
I thought I was crazy because no one talks about using the airflow for vibrato, which is how I always thought it was properly done because the hand method and jaw method messed with the pitch and I didn't like it. Turns out the trumpet community seems to dislike this method. I haven't played for 12 years so my breath control is non-existent at this point but when I played I pretty regularly got complimented on my vibrato so it's really weird to see that i was doing it "wrong."
Thanks so much, Paul. Your videos are really terrific and are helping me play better and better. I think…. Bobby Shew’s videos are helping me too. In fact, there are so many great how-to videos by the likes of Thomas Hooten, David Hickman, Greg Spence, Wayne Bergeron, Charlie Porter, Doc Severinson, and on and on…. I believe we are in the midst of a revolution in trumpet pedagogy. Thank you for participating! Speaking of Bobby Shew, any thoughts about his wedge breathing technique? Perhaps you’re saying the same thing but in a different order where you have the tummy tuck coming before the inhalation. But maybe it’s like addition where the order doesn’t matter… By the way, I love how you challenge us to get a colorful and vibrant sound with articulations that are crispy. I spent way too much of my life going for a “dark” sound and I think that messed up my approach to playing. Keep the revolution going!
This is one of the most existential and very very important technique.. you can create a very very floating colorful sound.. Paul, thank you very very much for sharing..a big deep appreciation...
very interesting but my English is not good and the automatic translation very poor. So could you ask to a friend trumpet player speaking french to translated your video? It would be very appreciated and very usefull by your french followers. Thanck JLS
I got a double lung transplant .I’m taking up trumpet again to work my lungs. Most people shallow breath and don’t use they’re diaphragm. I had to learn to breath properly .Is that a Getz trumpet?
Thank you for these videos Paul. i feel like you are helping me to not make more bad habits. Many times I do feel as if I am trying to blow with the lips especially at the end of phrases. My range is awful now. I had a mini stroke five years ago and it's like I forgot what to do. I don't feel damaged but somehow I did lose something. But I am slowly bringing it back and I still have the confidence that it is possible to improve. Now if this pesky bottom lip would just heal. There's a small and very painful abrasion.
