Very specific question

[homecookin]

Rod,
With all due respect, I think you are being way too analytical.
You can accomplish everything you need to with just an Arban book.
If you have a basic good embouchure setup, and you are breathing correctly
It is just a matter of...DOING IT !!!
For example, in the SCALE STUDIES section of the Arban book, take the first section
C MAJOR and work that section till you can play it flawlessly, ALL OF IT !!!
Then transpose It up by half steps, that is several months worth of work right there.
The section on intervals on page 125 is also very helpful for developing range
and accuracy, once again, when you have played the whole page,
go back to the first one and take them up an octave. All of this is not
accomplished overnight ...obviously.
To build your endurance... work through the 14 CHARACTERISTIC
STUDIES till you can play each one all the way through without stopping.
Spend more time working out of whatever basic trumpet methods you have
and less time thinking about high notes, and you might be pleasantly
surprised and how much your command of the instrument will improve.
And as Brad 361 was referring to in his post, a good teacher can get you
started in the right direction.

[homecookin]

Also, concerning the ARBAN BOOK...
The First Studies are excellent to develop embouchure and
aperture and breathing. Exercises 1 through 10
should be played at varying dynamics, but never too loud.
When you get to the scale and interval studies, 11 Though 50,
Transpose them up a major third and a perfect fifth.
The point I'm trying to make, is that there's so much more
to be gained from the ARBAN BOOK, than most players
realize.

[Rod Haney]

[Brad361]

[Rod Haney]

Thank you and yes I agree. I simply dont know enough to direct myself in this and in frustration get a little spastic. I was taking lessons with Jim Manley and progressing quickly, then I thought I had it and quit. We start again next week and since I'm already familiar with him and like him and his style I think this will get me back in the right frame of mind. I feel I have been taking this a bit too seriously and not giving things a chance to develop by constantly pushing for more every day.
Thanks to all of you again,
Ill post a vid when I finally get that nice dbl.
Rod

[Lionel]

[Pops]

There are problems with that question.
You won't ever make it with that thinking.

Yes it is possible to produce high pitches with almost no air and all lip aperture.
They stink and always will stink.
Nobody in the world will ever want to hear you do them.

Getting that strong also makes you not supple enough to be resonant when you actually add air.

The way to play and sound like Jim is to work on the whole system together.

If you are taking lessons from Jim Manley in person; you are INSANE for coming on a forum and asking. BTW tell Jim that Pops said hi.

Now get your tail back to a lesson.
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[Rod Haney]

[Don Herman rev2]

Arnold Jacobs played tuba, rather well by all accounts, with one lung. Jim Manley is all about ease in playing; you don't need such strength. Plus he's a great guy (I have met him a couple of times and taken a lesson in person). Pops is 1000% correct, talk to Jim and quit looking for quick answers on the 'net.

And tell him I said "hi", too.
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"After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music" - Aldous Huxley

[Rod Haney]

Had my 1st lesson back with Jim, and I had forgotten to use the most basic thing he had shown me. 30 minutes and I’m back on track with a very, hard learned lesson back under my belt. The guy listened and looed and spotted my breath support right away. We go thru the drill and everything improves and believe it or not my fumbling in the weeds gave me a much stronger understanding of what he is having me do. And what he teaches is very simple, but there seems to only be one way to do it and it was not what I thought before. Going off on my own and getting pretty lost was a negative only if I stayed lost. Some of the things I tried gave me a better understanding of what the object is. For the 1st time today I understand what people are saying when they say ‘don’t fight the horn” everything seems easier when you find what the horn wants and what happens when you dont. Thanks to everyone who told me to get back to instruction, in this case it will work wonders, already has. Jims really good at this and a really comfortable guide. I passed along the hellos from others too.
Rod

[tim_wolf]

[Lionel]