| Dear Axel,
It is only through development of a superior tone that that endurance and high register can be developed. Your ear has to have a very definite idea of what kind of trumpet sound you want to make. It is like buliding a statue of an elephant. You have a picture in your head of an elephant and then cut away that doesn't look like that!
There are no tricks or shortcuts. Your sound in the middle register must be beautiful, not just okay. Then you can "teach" the rest of your range to sound like that slowly, over time. Your body will obey your ear if you don't get in the way and try to make your body teach your ear.
Is there a recording that you can imitate and make your friends say "Wow! You sound EXACTLY like _______!" Make your ear into a tape recorder. Let your ear teach your face. Pitch and sound quality must be your guide in trumpet playing.
Squirts? I don't know what that is but it doesn't sound pleasant.
ML |