| There are no quick fixes for the trumpet player. Quite frankly, it sounds as though you are doing things just right. Your range is good, your sound is the area you wish to change.
The Cichowicz flow studies are a good starting point. Play the first study with as open a sound as you can muster. Play it as you feel it. Listen to the sound. Try changing the vowel sounds while playing the study. Go for the sound you, and only you, hear as your sound. Bend notes in the study. Make the seven notes of the tune cry or soar. You can be as creative as you want with this simple melody.
Go now to songs and ballads done the same way, it's about you making that gorgeous sound that only you hear.
Wilmer |