Playing high with just sighing

herbievantetering · Regular Member Joined: 18 Jul 2023 Posts: 22

[quote="kalijah"]I have watched the videos by Paul. He really does not explain exactly what he means by the sigh breath. Perhaps he means using only the elastic recoil of full lungs for air pressure. He may be discussing the inhalation or an attempt to drop the jaw or open the throat. He simply does not make that clear or explain it thoroughly.
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The idea about the "sigh" is to take a deep breath, not too much, and then to breathe out with just enough compression to do the excercise. The important part here is to set your embouchure to be able to 'just' do the excercise at the beginning.

With 'just' I mean, when you are not sure you might get the note out or you may get effects which may not immediately form a clear tone and also setting 'just enough' compression for 3-4 octaves so basically attempting a Walt Johnson and Reinhardt "manoeuvre" whilst still in ready mode for a tongue "spit" articulation and modern 21st century classical.

The idea here is to be able to "filter out" unwanted side effects whilst using "tone soflege" to try to hit your "tone" and "note" target.

Eventually also include the "spit" technique, and 21st century classical, to form an articulated note without strain.

Perhaps also try to do some "timed slotting" and scales, long tones and so on, always keeping in mind the additional octaves.

think: Arban 2.0

Embouchure formation:

The important aspect here is that you must be able to feel the articulation and tone, in a similar manner to when you 'just' picked up the trumpet at the very beginning when you started playing.
Only now you are at a different level so your lower notes and your highest note are now at a different place in a new to be formed embouchure.

Cat Anderson method:

Cat Anderson (for example) used the "whisper" for this, in order to keep track of how the embouchure felt, and was therefore very able to play the highest notes. However, the "whisper" as many players demonstrate it, may sound different from your "whisper", as long as you realise you are attempting a modern embouchure formation.

21st century trumpet:

A trumpet player I can highly recommend is Clement Saunier. He demonstrates in his album how he applies the modern technique. However, one thing you must be aware of in this context is EFFICIENCY.

The "sigh" may help with efficiency as well, and also to listen carefully to the doc, but perhaps not too carefully; like for example perhaps not wise to cross your front teeth, ..., but rather your fingers when you practice.

As my former classical trumpet teacher would say: "Laanen, ik heb altijd veel waardering voor u gehad ondanks het feit dat u altijd het laatste woord heeft willen hebben. Waarop Theo antwoordde 'had ik dat dan meneer?' "