Developing a Rich Sound

Thank you for sharing! 👍💯

Hi, I believe that I have a nice tone on the trumpet, but I really struggle with endurance. I do flow studies, a few Getchell, scales and lip slurs to warm up, but I always find myself phasing out 9 or 10 measures into a difficult piece. I don’t run into this problem in my high school band because the music gives you plenty of brakes but I know college level is much harder. I think this endurance issue is the reason I didn’t make all state. My etude had no times for a good breath or a face break, and I did poorly at the performance. I’ve been playing for 5 years now and thought my endurance should be built, especially because other players my age hit way higher notes and consistently. Do you have any advice?

Kind of a nebulous discussion. We all want a great sound but what would you have us practice to get there?

What about SCHLOSSBERG ???? The concept is CONTINUITY of sound... so there is an even flow. Disagree about the issue of breath... as i think Estaban Batallon does. The breath comes from the stomach/diaphragm. Good demonstration of the legato passage.

Nothing happens when I move the tongue 😢

All the YouTube trumpet tutorials are exceptional players. Specifics technique for us comeback or "in the staff" payers are left out. They all all show their range and talent WITHOUT the specifics that can be used by us. How about you dropping 'down' to showing us HOW to do what you find do easy ? Give us some tools and techniques that we can DO ? We do not need to hear how you reach a double high C. C'mon. This ain't Zen.

Interesting. jw