Been there! Even with braces, you shouldn’t experience cuts for too long. Eventually, you grow calluses. Still important to think about taking care of your chops!
@@ImPsychoReal If you practice regularly, and play every day (it doesn't need to be a lot. At least 20 minutes daily is enough for now) then yes, your lips will stop cutting. You'll always feel texture there, from the braces imprint, but they shouldn't cut. I only know this because I went through braces as a trumpeter, and have taught many students with braces. Stick with it either way, it will get easier and more fun to play once your braces are off!
@@AdamMeckler oh I see! I appreciate it but unfortunately I’m getting my braces off after I graduate high school so I won’t get to show off my skills lol
Appreciate that you took the time to shoot with a decent backdrop, good lighting, wardrobe and sound. A good lesson...I watch it every so often. Solid techniques.
Also, shakes are used in orchestra or band for pieces such as Mambo from West Side Story Symphonic Dances. They are also cool for cadenzas or the end of concertos or in some solo pieces for extra effect.
Yes! I talked a bit about classical cadenzas in the video! I had the privilege of playing West Side Story in the Pit Orch at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis a couple years ago as well. What an awesome show!
first semester performing in a jazz band in college and this is gonna help a lot ☺️ playing groove shop for a concert in February and man oh man there's a lot of shakes in it 👀
Thank You!, the bounce from top note to lower note is excellent teaching, a great way to present the concept. Your entire tutorial is excellent. Would like to hear from you how much practice is to much and how to decide when to stop for the day(s)?
Absolutely amazing advice 👏👏 I can’t wait to experiment with this although I think it’s harder on a conical Cornet,will see but going to be hard work,no problem 🎶🎺🎶🎺
Very nice explanation video! Though I have one question: what kind of mouth piece do you use? I play lead in a couple of bigbands and I'm trying to find the best fitting mouth piece that works with playing lead and gives my chops enough space for lip slurs.
Hey Mick! I use a Stork Studio Master XV6 but I've been experimenting with the Lotus XS and really enjoying it. It took me a long time to find the right fit for me, and part of it was my approach to playing small mouthpieces. In particular, I was using too much pressure, and was overblowing on the smaller mouthpieces. Good luck!
If you can get to 5 minutes every day, and then maybe 5+5 more everyday, you’ll get better much faster! Part of getting good at trumpet is regular practice. Don’t miss a day and start small!
Start small and work your way longer and longer. It’s takes consistent laser air, so you may not be able to do it for very long at first. You’ll get more efficient as you work at it!
Something I've never heard mentioned by trumpet players that raise and lower their tongue to ascend and descend is that not everyone has the same roof of their mouth. I've talked to my dentist about this and he said I have a really high roof of my mouth. Some people can't even bite an x-ray film because they have a low roof and don't have room up there. But no trumpet players have ever addressed this. I've searched for it!! It seems like the air has a further path for some of us to raise tongue all the way up and when that happens the tongue moves back in my mouth. I talked to the dentist about having a partial made with no teeth to lower the roof of my mouth. Any comments?
Interesting question. There is a professor at Lawrence University in Appleton WI who was studying the mouth cavity by planting cameras inside while people played, but it was all surrounding saxophone. I wonder if anything came out of that study that could be useful for you. I also have a high roof, and had some work done when I was young to lower it. I haven't thought a lot about this potential issue, to be honest. Good luck!
