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Brilliant! Yes, it really does feel like that. TP

Yes that's right. The trumpet is always trying to vibrate your lips for you so let it take control. The trumpet won't stop trying to buzz your lips just because you are, so don't fight it! It's knowing what to control and what not to control which makes us more efficient. TP

Yes it is possible and the principle is still the same. You are creating a narrow air channel through the teeth and using the tissue of the lips to vibrate it. Think outside the box. Forget conventional teaching. It's been around long enough to realize it doesn't hold the high note answer. Make sure you get your lower lip out the way of the gap. You'll need to lower it or roll it back or it will block the air stream TP

@TheTrumpetProf Thank you for answering my questions and for the amazing video!

You found it then you lost it! If you've done it once you can do it again. It probably will feel unnatural but that's compared with what you're doing right now. Remember, you don't have to use it 100% to begin with. My video is to make players aware of it and to explore it but the way you play now is always going to fight change. Continue to play as you do, but in your practice try to find high and you can eventually bring them together. I'll do more on this soon. TP

If you have no gaps or air channels anywhere then it's not possible to create a second aperture. But it's extremely rare for a player not to have something they can use. The apertures are used simultaneously. One aperture creates sound while the inner aperture changes frequency. If there's no outer aperture there's no sound. If there's no inner aperture, you have to change frequency/pitch with the the same aperture as you produce sound. All great players use two apertures. They might not realize they do but that's what gives them their technical ability, myself included. TP

How'd it go?

No. You need to look for a second aperture somewhere else! TP

This isn't the ONLY way to develop high notes but it is the most efficient which is why I haven't referred to other ways yet. Tongue Controlled Embouchure is probably your best approach. TP

There is no question this is the best way to approach high register playing. Great to hear! TP

This is a system to generate high frequency. The lips don't care what's attached to them so it works equally well for high register trombone playing. Take a look at my follow up video. I demonstrate it on trombone! TP

Not quite sure what you mean? TP

So I can hit high C above the staff, but it will not have like the actual sound, like speaking.

It's like when a beginner tries to go super high off the bat, and it is just squeaking

😂😂😂it doesn’t affect 😅

Well I guess I'm doing something wrong

@@Pablo-on7xm If you have a gap it's there to be used 100%. You need to find a way to let the narrow air stream vibrate the lips. TP

Most players have a gap of some sort. It doesn't have to be between the two front teeth like I demonstrated. Keep watching. I'll bring out another video on this soon. TP

Simple questions require simple answers. Why doesn't everyone do it in 5 minutes? Because most do it in 2. You "told me" most will have to spend years building muscles. Wrong You told me I'm not aware what I've done. That's just ridiculous. It needs years not minutes. Wrong. Sometimes it's seconds. You don't back your assumptions with any facts or proof. Watch this video from 21:29. There's mine. ua-cam.com/video/ZzHNP4peTe8/v-deo.html

@@TheTrumpetProf So, now you are telling us, that anyone can do three octaves in 2 minutes? So: Why then are "most people" struggling for years - and why is UA-cam overflowing with videos like yours - and with a wide array of techniques and "spells" to choose from? I do not exactly know who is more ridiculous here.

@@bjarterundereim3038 I have never said anything about playing 3 octaves in 2 minutes or 5 minutes or any other length of time. Are you actually listening to the video and reading these comments? You ask why most people struggle for years. But if you listen to the beginning of the video I explain in great detail exactly why that is. Did you actually see that? You ask why UA-cam is overflowing with videos like mine. What you'll find with my videos is a unique approach, backed by detailed explanations and demonstrated by students. That's nothing like "most" videos. You "told" me it takes years not minutes to develop high notes. I sent a link proving you wrong. It's an 11 year old boy who has been playing for just 4 weeks playing from low C to double G. Did you see that? Good luck with your playing.

No need to wonder. No need to lip buzz. It will work if you get the lower lip position correct. TP

@@TheTrumpetProf Oh neat! Then I'll definitely try to drill this because it just might work XD I'm trying to teach myself the trumpet (after doing the same with guitar, piano, drums and somewhat with trombone but hardly at all).

John thank you so much. I know I'm not perfect but my last 1000 comments have been so overwhelmingly positive I was beginning to doubt myself. Thanks for confirming.

Hi Chris. Changes in the alignment of your teeth could be the reason for the loss in range and not necessarily the 1.5C. The teeth change the current/flow of the air against the lips which changes the way they vibrate. It's almost impossible to advise you on a mpc without seeing your teeth. I would stick with the 1.5C for now and see if things improve. If they don't, then you can look at getting something else. In my opinion the teeth are the reason players have the ability they have and any changes to the contour of them will require re-balancing elsewhere. Hope that helps. TP

@@TheTrumpetProf thanks for the reply. The braces worked and aligned my teeth perfectly and probably better than when I was young. I’ll just take time and keep practicing. I have more like a Louis Armstrong type of embouchure and certainly a lot better teeth than some really great trumpet players I’ve seen. Thanks again and I’ll keep watching your videos!😊

Could be a few reasons but I'm guessing your lips are too compressed. Practice from low to high trying to turn silent air into sound. Start at low C. White noise first and gently accelerate the air speed until the note appears. Let the process happen organically Then onto D , E , F etc If you get instant sound and no silent air try setting your further apart. Hope that helps. TP

Yes you can use it but not the way I described in my video. You need to push your lower lip up and in front of your top teeth. Experiment with that and let me know how you get on. TP

@@TheTrumpetProf I saw your answer yesterday, thank you very much. I'm trying, but so far there's no clear sound, it sounds like some of Tolkien's Nazguls are attacking - very disappointing ;-) I can make a mix of whistling sounds, but my lips don't seem to vibrate distinctly enough to to produce a clear sound, or at most occasionally an unpleasant, hoarse one. Normally it's just my upper lip that moves, now it seems like both of them are doing it. I'll try it for a few more days and then report back.

@@TheTrumpetProf The Nazguls are gone, but things are progressing very slowly. I now manage to produce some clear tones. The effort required for higher tones is hardly greater than that for lower ones. Without a doubt, this is the method by which one can produce high tones without very much effort. I guess I actually have a bit of bad luck with my crooked teeth and start lower down than someone who has reasonably normal teeth. Pulling the lower lip up to the gums of the upper teeth is very unusual, I feel like I'm starting from scratch with the trumpet. So far, I don't even have to think about the clear beginning of the note, the correct start with the tongue, or the precise targeting of the right pitch. But I'm sticking with it.

Thank you David. You are proof age has nothing to do with it!!

Hi. Not really. Just making use of any gaps you have in your teeth. TP

There will be but I haven't found anyone with perfect teeth yet (well except my mum but she doesn't play trumpet!)

Thank you. Hope to visit your wonderful country one day. TP

No disrespect to Adam Rappa but in my opinion he can't play a super C like this guy. Not sure what your point is but I told my friend what to do to get this range as he didn't have it before. Nothing to do with muscle memory. The day before he made this video he couldn't play those notes. TP

This is great to hear. I hope others will read your comment and be inspired by your experience. Thanks for posting. TP

Experiment! or consider a lesson. I've given over 200 lessons on this since the video went out and everyone has found there HFA and made it work. TP

Hi and thanks for your comment. IMO pedal tones and flow studies are not the reason for your success in the upper register and I suggest they have indirectly unlocked an air channel between your teeth. Pedal tones will relax the lips and contribute to faster vibrations. Flow studies can help relax the throat, open the energy channel to the lips and change the settings inside the oral cavity but neither of those things will be directly responsible for giving you the sort of register you describe. Again IMO if I gave 1000 students pedals and flow studies to significantly improve their upper register I would say less than 1% would find success (possibly the same way as you have). If I gave 1000 students MDAS, 99% would significantly improve their upper register and the remaining 1% would need a second lesson on it. The high note/endurance problem still exists and has always been the most difficult area of trumpet playing to solve. If it was as easy as high tongue/flow studies/air compression/buzzing exercises/pedal tones, then everyone would be doing it. But they're not. The opposite is true. The majority of players can't do it. TP

Good points. Not to be argumentative but my teacher, Nick Drozdoff in Chicago was also a blistering lead player. He didn't use the method you're describing. Also to my eye I see more great lead players than ever and they have seem to have emerged without using your system. I'm not sure what your point is. My point is that I went from a mere E to over a Double C using the tried and true method of pedal tones, tone production and technical etudes. You do make good points, but there are many ways to get to the upper register.@@TheTrumpetProf

@@marshalmcdonald7476 I get what you're saying and it's great to hear that you've developed your range successfully but as I said before, if that really was the answer, everyone would be doing it. I'm not convinced because I simply cannot figure how this approach by itself can increase lip frequency beyond 1000Hz. That's always been the problem with brass pedagogy - little or no explanation. If it worked for everyone who tried it I could accept there's at least something in it but it doesn't. With any system I want to know who it will and won't work for and why. That would show a deep level of understanding by the creator/developer of the system as well as saving players a lot of time! But unfortunately that information is missing in every system I've ever tried or seen and that's why I'm skeptical. The other big issue I have with methods and systems in general is the lack of reference to the upper/lower teeth. Air flow is changed by the contour of the teeth. Squeaks (or tiny currents and jets of air) are created by an individuals dental "landscape". All great high note players I've ever seen have them. Looks to me like Nick Drozdoff too. But using them and having them, brings me on to my MDAS system. You rightly say the players you mention didn't use the method I'm describing. That's because it didn't exist until now. But that doesn't mean they weren't getting huge high frequency benefit from an inner aperture. They just didn't realize it and therefore put there ability down to something else. With respect, to say pedal tones are a true and tried method of producing high frequency is in my opinion ambiguous. Any player who can access double C's has an air channel they are using somewhere. I'm guessing you do too? Thank you for your comments. I really appreciate you taking time to share your experiences. TP

I'm between mpc's at the moment. I made another slight change to my set-up and am using a 3C replica I picked up online for £8! I'll look at AR, Monette and GR soon but my general advice is always to go for the smallest diameter mpc which gives you the best sound.TP

Great teaching is not about "perfect" vocabulary but EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION of ideas. And we ALL may tension the lips to play higher but the WAY we do it (avoiding muscular tension) controls efficiency.

@@TheTrumpetProf well one can not avoid the requirement of muscular involvement to play. But reducing effort and increasing results is indeed worthy goal. And precision in use of terms actually increases effective communication. For example: Use of the term air "volume" is quite prevalent in brass parlance when FLOW is the intended meaning. That is imprecise and blurs effective communication.

@@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg My observations don't agree with your theories.

@@TheTrumpetProf what "theories" are you referring to?

@@BrassBro-Science-ys7sg Forgive my imprecise use of terms. Please allow me to replace "theories" with "hypothesis". In my experience, the use of metaphors is a more effective form of communication.

The ratio is often different depending on the way a player sets up. High mpc placement gives less lower lip mass so the upper lip is the dominant vibrating force through most registers. Low mpc placement often means the lower lip dominates the lower register and the upper lip the higher register. For me lower placement is more efficient but it depends on the dental structure and lip size. TP

Hi. Most players have something they can use. It doesn't have to be a chip or gap between the teeth. You could utilize an overbite or an irregular shaped tooth. I've given close to 200 consultations since this video and haven't found a player who doesn't have something they can use!

Me too!!

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I haven't met anyone who doesn't have something they can use. The gap doesn't have to be between the front teeth. I'll do more on MDAS very soon. TP