Derek Reaban
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Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Gene,
This excerpt from Pops was on TPIN recently and I really like the way that he described air in the sound:
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In fact if someone really knows what a trumpet sound should be like "live" then they can hear the extra air in the tone of someone playing too open an aperture at any volume in any register. We tend to put it off to a little fuzz, the need for more practice.... but it is really air escaping that didn't make contact with any lip tissue or get involved in the sound wave. It is just blowing through the sound disturbing it.
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One way to address this issue is by using breath attacks. You may want to try simply playing the notes from second line G to 3rd space C chromatically beginning each note with a breath attack and resting between each note. Caruso calls this the 6-Note exercise. Read what these great teachers / players have said about using a breath attack:
Carmine Caruso
The breath attack is used in this initial exercise because it is the quickest way to get the lips in focus, to get them touching.
David Hickman
One of the most effective methods of developing correct tone production is through the use of breath attacks. Commencing the tone without the aid of the tongue will require the embouchure and throat to be relaxed and efficient.
James Stamp
Learn to buzz the lips without using the tongue to start the first note.
Charlie Vernon
Use a 'ho' syllable to articulate each note. This exercise aids the lips to vibrate the desired pitch more readily.
Bob Findley
[For the exercises] All breath attacks - don't use the tongue to start or stop a note"
Donald Reinhardt
Hoo (Breath Attack) for the first exercises – Warmup #57
Bill Adam
I know there has to be a certain amount of mouthpiece buzzing to warm up the resilience that we have to have here. But, if we can set the mouthpiece and tube in vibration, the embouchure is much more relaxed. What we're trying to do is to get the air through that horn with the least amount of tension and the least amount of muscle.
Please consider these words. I think they may be very helpful to you.
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Derek Reaban
Tempe, Arizona
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