one trick to high notes

[Tenor Horn Fellow]

What I am about to post is really nothing new.

Others have said the same thing for many decades.

But I will try to word it in easier terms.

One can learn one of the basic tricks from singing.

When singing higher and higher,
one eventually reaches a breaking point.
Every note above that breaking point will be in "falsetto".
The falsetto voice is easily identified by its thinner tone.

You should not bear down and sing as loudly as possible
in an attempt to blast your way into the falsetto range.

You should sing softly, gently but firmly easing through that breaking point into the falsetto range.

Later, after you have succeeded in singing falsetto
you can slowly increase your loudness.
But even then you should not "blast" the falsetto so loudly that the notes are distorted.

When playing trumpet higher and higher, you will eventually reach a breaking point.
All notes above that breaking point will have a falsetto quality and sound thinner.
For many players the breaking point will be around a High C.
The exact breaking point will differ from player to player.
Even one player might have slightly different breaking points depending on which mouthpiece and trumpet he is using at the moment.

Play softly, gently but firmly easing your way through that breaking point into the falsetto range.

Months later, after you have developed muscle strength and muscle memory, you can start playing the falsetto more loudly.
And at that point the falsetto notes will start sounding fuller, less thin.

That is how I learned to play Double C's.

There are other factors in playing Double C's.
For example, learn what embouchure type you are and play appropriately
per Donald Reinhart's teachings in the TH Reinhart forum.

Because of failing health, overwhelming loss of muscle strength throughout my body,
I lost the ability to play Double C's about a year ago.
But, even though I am so weak that I can barely hold up the instrument,
I can still play weak G's above High C on deep mouthpieces.

At this stage of the game, I mostly stick to ballads within the staff.
But I fondly remember those Double C's of the past.

Mark
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1934 H.N. White Circular Alto Horn - Silver - mint
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1961 Conn 9A Cornet - Coprion - mint
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White Horn #8
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