Practicing Large Intervals to Open Up The High Register 

Debbie Springer lol Adam rapa quote

Aniello De Sena no you didn't

Ronnie's Lists no you're not

Daniel Figueroa Don't overthink and try to sound beautiful. Only think when you need to and in the most simple "nuts and bolts" way, but never stop listening to what's coming out the bell...sounding beautiful is the undeniable teacher we should all be studying with!

Josue Abdel both

Staring Intensifies I have this exact issue and I've been playing almost the same time as you

Joel Kolehmainen Thanks Joel , so it's common to get sore while practicing I'll take your advice on board and try to be aware if I am pressing to hard next session

You should do mouthpiece buzzing holding the mouthpiece in your left hand as your left hand should not be as strong as your right hand. therefore you will not be able to press as hard against your lips and your lips will not press against your teeth. Use as little pressure on the mouthpiece as possible.

Donal Ryan ok sounds like a plan , I think I'm trying to hard and expecting to much I gotta remember our lips where not designed for blowing trumpets but I really love the instrument and hate when I get blisters and can't practice.... Appreciate the advice Cheers

I have seen advice for buzzing lips with only the mouthpiece. "Hold it with the left hand"...."hold it with two fingers to reduce pressure". Here is what I evolved to. I have found buzzing my lips with the mouthpiece has great results to prevent fatigue and other benefits. HOWEVER...I only use my thumb to hold the mouthpiece. I balance the mouthpiece on the "Pad of my thumb"...with my thumb pad facing the sky. This method maximizes minimal pressure on my lips. At first my buzz was very "airy". In time, my lip muscles adapted to create a strong buzz, with almost zero pressure. It is almost impossible to create pressure on the lips. Pressure on the lips restricts the blood flow to the vibration part of out lip. When our lips are fatigued or "shot"...we have pressured the lips so much, it reduces the blood to arrive to our "vibration flesh". This is very useful to students who are wearing braces. When I began this method, I took a giant leap with my endurance and quality of sound.

I'm confused about this. Faster air held for the same amount of time as slower air, would equal more air. Am I correct? I do not know much about wind speeds and volume, etc. just using my common sense.

By making the aperture smaller for air to pass through But not squeezing!

High notes have a small aperture and low notes have a wider aperture for air to pass through. As a result of this low notes actually use more air because the wider aperture allows more air through. You can check this by taking full breath and playing low G, middle G and high G for as long as possible. Higher notes can be played for longer as they need less air. I may be wrong but I think going up an octave needs air twice as fast each octave you go up Check out this, horn playing in MRI machine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MWcOwgWsPHA.html

@@Shazar789 actually, theoretically you don't need to change how small the aperture is. Aperture size is related to the volume of how loud you play. Tongue arch is used to to increase pitch because it accelerates the air in your mouth. What's taught is that you have your teeth at the bottom alligned with your teeth. You make an "ah" sound with your tongue when playing lower notes, then you make an "ee" sound with the tongue when you get higher. Be sure to keep the tip of the tongue on the bottom of the teeth though. Don't get tighter with the lips though because it can be forceful , and can affect your endurance. When playing higher, it can help by rolling in with your lip slightly. Tongue positioning can help you unlock the upper register with practice.

@@JordanScanlon I for myself still don't get that tongue arch for faster air....I always end up tighten my lips

I used to take lessons with Charlie Porter he used to tell me on high notes to back off the air .I would then get the note to squeak ..those notes later on become stronger .But you must play them till they become yours..hope this helps you.