Want EASIER High Notes? Here's The Answer.
585,871
Published 2019-12-01
All Comments (21)
-
Its wierd... if you can already play high notes, what he is saying is 100% spot on. If you cant, you understand what he is doing, but not how he is doing it
-
“It’s easy to play high and soft” I don’t even wanna think about how many years it took me to figure that out. I’m still trying to convince my body that that is true when I play. This guy seriously gets it.
-
So few words but you’ve managed to encapsulate everything I’ve learned over the past year into just a few minutes, great video!
-
Lip setting plays an important toll add well. If you're playing too open or closed it changes the game. It would be nice to explain both as they work together.
-
“Giving the air instructions”. My air is just in its teenage years rebelling against its parents. Wonderful example. Time to hit the shed.
-
Why am i here, im in percussion
-
Fantastic Technique on 2:25!!
-
This is great as long as you lips are shaped well and evenly set to get a free buzz. I've struggled with upper range all my life and no amount of arched tongue would fix it because I didn't have a proper buzz. A teardrop upper lip and a flat, clarinet-like chin resulted in no range or endurance but an okay sounds on the staff and below. So it is only this "simple" for people who have that other stuff already working.
-
I shared this video with every brass student in all of my bands. In a matter of a few days, those who took a bit of time to listen, digest, and experiment came back with a better and effortless sounding high range. Thanks for the clear explanation.
-
Man i love music and YouTube. All the answers are here now . Thank you for posting and sharing.
-
You should post an MRI video of how you play high notes. That way, we will visually see how exactly you produce high notes with no effort
-
I play high notes using exactly this concept. However, make no mistake, it took me a LONG time to develop the strength and endurance for my chops to be able to hold a very small aperture. Doing lips bends in the middle register helped enormously in helping to develop the required strength and endurance without developing a bad habit of excessive mouthpiece pressure.
-
great video. I have such admiration for Adam. He is a master of trumpet. I learn so much from him every time I watch.
-
This really helps! You explain it in easy ways to understand, and now I'm finally reaching into that higher register!
-
thank you for these precious advice, I'm starting trumpet and cornet and it helps ALOT! I was by instinct sure that technique will make it possible to do things really easier.
-
Hi, I begin playing trumpet again after about twenty years of pausing and I'm so happy about this helpful advice. When I started learning trumpet about 35 years ago, I should have been told about tongue arch and other invisible techniques to achive that at that time unreachable goal of playing those nice higher notes. Now I believe in a quite early success.
-
Thanks a lot for you calm, natural way of leading with such "tabu" as high notes. Beautiful concepts. I am sharing with trumpet section of my youth Big Band. It will help a lot. Congratulations, Adam. God bless you!!!
-
It's a known fact that our tongue is a secret on how to play effortlessly on trumpet. Claude Gordon emphasized that in his video and books. I really enjoyed that demo by Adam. Great guy and great musician. Thanks for the post
-
I was taught the same approach by someone who studied with Bill Adam in Indiana; clear, easy, sensible. (Best way I've found, in my opinion)...But, it took me a long time to find the coordination and balance. Thanks for sharing this Adam!
-
I've been playing trumpet for three years with the wrong embouchure and just now realized I need to fix it. This video helped me realize that I need to push air from my abdomen and not my chest. Thank you so much!
