Trumpet Range, Endurance, and Tone Quality

Are you struggling to play above the staff? Do your lips become brittle and unresponsive after difficult forte passages? Are you still searching for more endurance and power?

Do you want a full sound that will carry over a full 18-piece arrangement?

I can help you. I’ve experienced every problem that young trumpet players will encounter, and I want you to know how I have overcome those obstacles that you are now facing. It takes practice and patience as well as a willingness to learn.

Allow yourself to let go of the desire to quit or any frustrations that you may feel. You can leave all that in the past. From now on you have a reliable approach that contains the tools you need in order to achieve your trumpet goals.

Patience and practice are all that is required. Endurance is not about building “chops”, it’s about learning to play more efficiently and with a sound that fits the style. The same idea applies to creating more range. It’s not like weightlifting or running, although that’s the common myth among amateur brass players. In reality the skill is relaxing certain areas like the throat and embouchure more than our body tells us we can at first. The practice and patience are necessary so that you can learn to ease the unnecessary tension that comes from overblowing.

Overblowing

To me, overblowing is way of sending an inefficient airstream that is wide, fast, and cold. An efficient airstream that will allow the tongue and aperture to move more freely should be compressed, slow, and warm. Think of steam that can be released slowly with a lot of control sort of like the release on a hot pot.