Wildfox

That's how you know I'm a trumpet player...

Hello and greetings to all here. Good blessings all around and all that basic stuff.

Wat more to say? Well write that is. A little about me: I don't just touch the third rail but can actually pick it up with my teeth. Before breakfast. People have been known to get heart attacks just watching the voltage go through my body and yet leave me unharmed.

I play well but not what I would call virtuouso. Close at times. or can fool others. Good to very good in most levels. Or at least well in tune. Accurate high register. "Read a Gee" in other words.

I try to entertain.

Who brags about playing in tune? Well a working musician might. Fingers are decent. That's another way to tell a good trumpet player: Works that third finger as hard or harder than his endurance or range. Ditto sight reading too.

later!

Solar Bell

Um....er....ah....welcome Wildfox.

Looking forward to more of whatever that was.


-cw-

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MJ

Quite an Intro! Welcome!

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Toobz

Reminds me of an old snowboarder's joke.

How does a snowboarder introduce himself ?

" Sorry dude ! "

Welcome aboard ! Always more room for entertaining posters.

stchasking

I'll bet you scored poorly in language arts.

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Vulgano Brother

Welcome to TM, Wildfox!

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mrmusicnotes

wildfox is the best,just ask him!!!!Can pick up the third rail with your teeth(the super human version of the pencile exercise).You must be the" Crimson Chin".Welcome to T.M. and seriosly lay off the Saturday morning Super Hero cartoons.

Wildfox

Pencil exercise is helpful although one must not contract the lip muscles inside the mouthpiece when playing the trumpet. So the muscle use must be modified. Contract all the outer facial muscles (outside the inner rim) but leave the center portion loose all through the register both high and low.

Trumpet players, especially beginners are "center lip" focussed. This is due to the newness of the game. And a little bit of muscular contraction inside the mouthpiece can be exercised to a certain point. However after one ascends somewhere above the staff any excessive inner lip contraction will cut off the sound.

This is easily provable and one of the paradoxes of trumpet playing: Significant muscular development is necessary for range production but not inside the mouthpiece.

I think that trombone players and other low brass can afford to be center lip focussed more so than trumpet players. The low brass mouthpiece is so large that even with some muscular contraction inside the lips can't quite lock off the tone. At least not through most of the trombonist's range.

But a trumpet player doesn't have much margin of error.