I really liked that you included the cornet in the comparison (usually videos just include the other two) and that you played the same phrases on both instruments to give us a good sound comparison!
Hi, Chris! I’m enjoying your lessons. I’m a saxophone player, pro for 30 years. I’m self-taught, and I’ve always played by ear rather than analysis, but obviously there are some tunes that are a little difficult to do that with. Take the one I’m shedding now: Tomorrow’s Destiny. There’s no way I could find my way through that by ear, so I’m doing the arpeggio thing, although I have a hard time with the discipline required to play similar formulations on every chord. This lesson reminded me that it doesn’t have to be hard unless you make it hard. Thanks.
It's still amazing to me how most players - whether beginner, teacher, professionals - insist on using the term "lip" slurs. Like @amandas1270's comment, I too struggled mightily with this concept until a Claude Gordon clarified that it requires disciplined use of the tongue, with the lips simply maintaining a secure embouchure. I'm a literal thinker and when I heard "lip slur" I actually tried to accomplish it by flexing/relaxing my lips! Of course, no player can do that without involving the tongue. I wonder how many other young players like me have trouble because of the totally misleading term "lip slur".
Polyphonics, bird calls and throat exercises.... That's why I can play higher than most people that are 30 years younger than a me that have been playing for 20 years... And I whistle while I work...
Never underestimate the power of whistling... Satchmo's wife and dizzy's wife tell you they could tell when they were walking down the street cuz you could Hear them a block away whistling
@@ChrisDavisTrumpet I watched your first videos... I was just going to the club and sitting in the audience for 8 years.... And coming home and trying to blow the roof off... I found this elementary music theory book by, Frederick holmberg who was the professor of music at the University of oklahoma. The book came out in 1920. I got a 1950 edition and it is a 34th printing. This is the book that Robert Johnson found that changed everything for him.... You see most people don't realize black people from Mississippi went to Oklahoma Indian Territory on the wagon trains... My great-great-grandmother got married in Oklahoma Indian Territory..... I'm a big fan of your show..... I have watched some episodes that you may know from your account, numerous times.... And I appreciate you.
And I teach. The only thing I'm unable to do at this point is read operatic scores. My horn sits on the table within arm's reach of me... By putting my horn on the table I play 20 to 40 hours a week
I don't necessarily mean I play 40 hours a week. I play about 24 hours a week.... In the rest of the time is Reading writing or just looking at how sheet music is constructed and going over my tetrachords and doing my pedal tones.... I practice bird calls... Which are a lot of throat exercises... And when I'm playing and I start doing that people cannot figure out what I'm doing... It's cool man 😎... Yeah and I'm the kind of dude walk in the club sometimes with my sunglasses and hat on and probably been doing this since 1969...
@@patoni860 I know pros who do that as a form of taking care of their instrument. I tried it and just like you said, my mouth dries out. I’d rather clean my horn after than brush my teeth before. That’s Just me.
@@ChrisDavisTrumpet they have these mints called, 'TheraBreath' that's for dry mouth. I pretty much follow like the old time I say because I didn't have no other point of reference. So I'll brush my teeth without toothpaste. I always rinse my mouth piece off because I have gotten sick because some kids picked up and played my horn. And I find that if I don't wash my mouthpiece off everyday that I get this hairline cut that goes through my lip from it. A trumpet is a filthy instrument... And I have broken my teeth playing 6 and 7 hours a day during the pandemic but, that's the price you have to pay because, once you start playing the trumpet you can't stop. I messed my lips up one time and I had to quit playing for about 2 weeks and it seemed like I just had to start all the way over... But I do other stuff I ride a bike to keep my wind up because I can't run as well at this age but I cannot blow anybody because I do have the wind from riding the bike... I perform at home I don't really practice.... Because I had just been sitting at home playing jazz standards and I got invited to be in a marching band and my lips and gums swell up after marching and playing for 2 hours... And I write out my own charts... And thank you for being a big help
@@ChrisDavisTrumpet in one last thing, I have read 94 books on jazz in the last 10 years and the reason I don't read as much as because I've read all the classics and the stuff that I looking for now is in archived libraries... I would tell you to read the autobiography of Sidney bechet and a bass player in New Orleans that play with King Oliver and went with him in 1917 to chicago, his name is pops Foster and you can find his autobiography... And if you really like crazy horn players stuff then, there's a guy named mezz mezzrow and he wrote a book called 'Really the Blues... He was a mediocre clarinet player that did not practice much by his own admission but he was the biggest pot dealer in New York in the twenties and 30s
@@ChrisDavisTrumpet I pick up my horn and think about when a baby picks it up what what they do and that's how I start my day... And then I follow what the Marine corps trumpet lessons tell you and they tell you to always work down to your lowest note and once you can hit all your low notes then you can play high notes all night... And I play the jazz club and, this is absolutely true.... Gregory Porter does a good job of explaining certain things as well as you.... Most people never learn to play because they never learn how the circle of fifths is built. They never learn the structure of the piano. These things are 5 minutes and if you don't learn that you will never get it... I teach people how to play the piano in 2 hours...
@@patoni860 oh my goodness. YES!!!!! I could never get down with Prince because of it. Some reason I loved Michael Jackson. But both of guys were performing and comfortable in their skin. There are people who put on an act AND they are not comfortable.
I play at a club called gallery 992 in atlanta. There are two types of people that come in their one is, they just come to solo and the other is people who come, like myself, to learn how to play with other musicians and play with a band. And you are correct that when you try to work with the other people you progress a lot faster than when you come in there just trying to get your Solo in
The reason why most people don't practice every day is, they put their trumpet in a case. Buy yourself a stand, put it next to your easy chair while you watch TV and you will play two to three times more than what you are playing now. it's the greatest advice I never took for 25 years. once I did this everything changed for me. Steve Vai said this an article back in the 80s and I did not listen... The worst mistake I ever made in my life when it comes to music
@@ChrisDavisTrumpet yes sir. It’s working pretty good. Some warmup routines I have seen are too much for Intermediate (I think thats where I am) or beginners. Your routine looked reachable for me. Thx and best wishes.
Great little video, thanks, Chris. Everything you said makes sense and the demonstrations were really clear. Would your method work for a former trumpet player who is trying to play cornet? I stopped playing when I was 25 and today is my 63rd birthday. I started playing cornet 2 years ago but I’m still struggling to move smoothly from G on the second line to C in the third space! Thanks Chris. Peter. PS - I’m in the UK.
Yes, absolutely it will. Hi Peter! The cornet and trumpet are almost identical in how they are played. If you’re interested to learn more about the program then apply. Thanks for your question.
I really want to learn jazz but i have a problem listening to jazz and I can’t really remember any of the Melodie’s or the names of the players. I listen to and perform a lot of Taylor swift type music but I want to do jazz for money here and there. Any advice yall??? Thanks for the upload sir
Hello Chris, seeking your advice please. If you could purchase 1 of the following trumpets all for the same price and condition which would you choose please? I should also mention I have the opportunity to purchase one, however, "unplayed" due to being such a distance from them all. To be played at military funerals and special events (Australia) and for personal pleasure and then one day pass onto my children. INTERNATIONAL TRUMPET Bb by KANSTUL BACH STRADIVARIUS TRUMPET 37 Yamaha YTR-736 Trumpet Yamaha YTR-6335 Trumpet
It seems like mouthpiece one has more options for colors in the sound, option two is very centered in the pitch and has a broad sound but with less variation. Personally as an improvising trumpet player, I like mouthpieces that allow for the biggest change in color that I’m hearing in my head.
Ugh you guys make this crap too complicated with all this technical crap. Just tell me what the notes and fingerings are and give me examples of the sounds. You can keep all the rest of that burdensome technical mumbo jumbo. I cant tell you how many teachers ive dumped because they focus too much on crap and not enough on the music!! Moutpieces and clark studiy arbin crap. You dont need all of that. JUST PLAY THE FREAKIN HORN!!
No negativity please. If this doesn’t resonate with you then keep it moving. Listen, everything isn’t for everyone but this works for some people. Besides, what you’re asking for is represented in other videos on the channel. Can’t please everyone with every video. ✌🏾