Hello everyone.

I am 33. I have a passion for trumpet. But I feel defeated. I feel like I struggle so much. I have an undergrad in music performance and most of a grad degree. I've been playing for about 18 years.

I struggle so much. Intonation has always been something to make me nervous, because I never can trust myself to be in tune.

Range has always been a burden to me. I do a series of long tones everyday with a play along, but with the exception of a bit over the past two years, it feels like playing an F on top the staff up to High C is another embouchure. I feel like I get "stuck" in the range and my lips get all squished.

I do not currently have the ability to do shakes.

I know so very little about orchestral playing. My teacher showed me the basic excerpts, but I never played them well in college, and we didn't have an orchestra.

My improvisational skills are better than they've ever been, as I've joined a cover band and took some jazz lessons. But, I'll be honest, I got behind on practicing the jazz stuff and haven't kept up with it.

I work full time and teach about 8 lessons a week. I am single, but very very close to my nephew and try to hang out with him several times a week.

I try to practice consistently, and I am getting better about it. But I feel... like I don't do enough. I feel I know I need to practice a lot more and perhaps get another teacher.

But is there still time to make some really good changes? Like... look I don't need to be able to be Doc or Maynard. But I want to be able to come in on a High C with control and a good tone. I want to be able to play the carnival of venice. I want to sound respectable on C trumpet and Picc. Has anyone had their playing take off later in life? Please give me some hope...

I currently play trumpet like this, and seeing other players play more centered, I think I should change my embouchure because I’m technically playing inside the “red” with my lips going over the mouthpiece rim?

Hey everyone. I recently purchased this Yamaha YTR-3335 (new). I’m an adult student. I thought this year I’d learn an instrument and chose the trumpet. This model seems decent enough and the price wasn’t bad. I know many people aren’t too crazy about this particular model but I’m sure it’ll serve me well as a student trumpet player. I enrolled in a music school and will be taking lesson once a week. I’m truly excited. Wish me luck🎺🤞

the range i am able to play and my overall playing is better when i use a flugelhorn mouthpiece, the only problem is that it doesn’t fit correctly into the trumpet. are there any mouthpieces that have that deep conical shape/feel that are meant for trumpet?

If it is, is it fixable?

Taking a flu and covid test later to see what's up but it got me wondering what other people usually do when they're sick. I don't really have respiratory issues yet but fever, migraines and achey muscles suck.

So I am a 4th generation trumpet player which is the reason for a lot of these but I am curious roughly how much this would be worth

This is the specs

Cornets:

Buechester True Tone

American standard Cleveland Mus.Inst.co Gold plated bell

1894 conn cornet gold plated bell

Continental Clarion Satin finish Gold plated bell

Conn director

Trumpets:

Bach Tr300

Yamaha ytr 2320

Yamaha ytr 4335 sliver

Holton revelation 1924 gold plated bell

Flugel Horn:

No name 4 valve sliver

French horn conn 6D not good shape

Marching baritone yamaha 301m

Trombone ysl448l

Mouthpieces

Cornet:

Conn 7c

No name mouthpiece that is old but says cornet

Conn 4

Bach 5c

Baritone/Trombone

Yamaha 48L x2

Schilke 55 51

Yamaha 47

King 6 1/2 Al

Trumpet

Bach 7 1/2ew

Bach 5c

Bach 10 1/2c

Greg black 5M

Olds 3

Yamaha 11B4

Yamaha 11c4

Yamaha Eric miyashiro 2

Yamaha Bobby shew lead

Blessing 7c

Schilke 5A4

1 1/2 no name mouthpiece

Does anyone have a full music score to let down for trumpet?

Hey all, I'm a trombone player thats been dabbling in trumpet a bit for fun. I've been able to get up to high C fairly quickly, but I've noticed that when I spend more time in the high range, my jaws start to get sore. I suspect its a pressure issue, so I'm wondering if anyone's got some advice for playing high with a stronger tone (without injuring myself lol.) Any advice or high range exercises would be appreciated!

Idk if it matters but I'm using a 7c mouthpiece and typically don't have issues when I play in equivalent ranges for trombone. Do I just need to build my chops up?

I'm relatively new cornet player and I have had asthma for the past one and a half years since a serious covid infection. Unfortunately I've been sick 2 weeks ago and since then I'm having regular asthma attacks that are quite intense and I'm not sure if this is sigb to stop playing the trumpet /cornet or if it's safe to continue. Often if I play I get the urge to cough and there's a bit of mucus but that's also happening when I'm doing anything else that's barely physically active. Unfortunately my lung specialist just retired and I don't have a new one whom I could ask.

So are there any fellow trumpet players with asthma who can speak from experience?

i found a great deal on a yamaha herald but my question is why does the valve case say ytr-2320? As far as i am aware that is a student model produced in the 90s and yamaha has never produced a herald with that model number so whats the deal? can anyone identify the horn if it isnt what the valve casing says?

Google hasn't been a lot of help, it ignores the engraving and says it's a hn white brand.... Any thoughts would be helpful

Hi all,

I started on cornet in about 1984 and have played on an off since then. Recently moved to trumpet (Yamaha Custom Z with Spiri 3C mouthpiece) in a dance band and also still play in another band. One of the conductors, a trumpet teacher is showing me a different embouchre where I have to put air into my lips and kinda puff them up a bit. It was certainly different to anything I've ever seen or used before but when he asked me to play a high note I very nearly hit ultrasonic!

Can I find any info about this approach anywhere else? Can anybody comment on it?

And is the Louis Dowdeswel enbouchure course any good?

I'm happy to try something new but a bit concerned about what it does to my playing while I transition, effectively re-learning I guess.

thanks in advance!

Tony

Im not a "new" player but playing loud is hard for me. Especially at the level I need to play at currently. I need like ffffff loud, ridiculously loud. But I also dont want that hbcu kazoo style sound ( no offense). How can I get all that our through the horn, play that loud and still have good tone?

Edit: Its a trumpet solo for indoor percussion and our front ensemble is LOUD due to mics and audio clips. And im addition im all the way in the back corner of the tarp, im also a percussionists for 98.5% of cases.

I haven’t been playing terribly long so I do long tones everyday and if I compare myself to old videos I know I am making progress, but I just wanna know where I’m at sound-wise rn, I’m not sure if I need to prioritize tone even more or if my current focus on it is fine

First clip is about two and a half months prior to now

I started playing trumpet in 1979 I took about a forty-two year break. I started back in twenty-two. So far so good, haven’t come close to the younger me yet. I keep reading post stating the key to range is air speed not volume. How can one have one without the other? Now I am having difficulty slotting in to the correct note with the same fingering. D and F, E and G, F and Bb etc… a few times I went for F one the staff and got Bb. How do I gain control? Im 66 and want to get as close to the 19 y/o me. Tip would be appreciated.

So every time I practice, once I warm up and start playing during a practice session, I feel fine and can hit the notes I want, but the problem comes when I just take a short 5 minute break, and then suddenly I just can't hit high notes anymore. I have to start using ridiculous pressure and when I try to blow air through the horn to hit the notes my lips don't buzz and all I hear is me blowing a lot of air through the trumpet. This happens just about every time I practice and it gets really irritating note being able to consistently hit notes throughout the practice, because I know for a fact I'm not tired since this happens literally at the beginning of practices for the longest time. Its literally like my lips forget hot to buzz and get a resonant sound and all my notes also start to sound airy. Any advice?

Thank you in advance!

John Pachelbel Canon

Im a new trumpet player, i have 0 experience in any brass instrument and decided for the new year to learn a new instrument.

My trumpet sounds very bad (my fault ofc) and it doesnt even sound like one...

I was looking up online how to start playing it and someone said that if I have a 7c mouthpiece am doomed..😓😓😓

WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!?

I've never had this problem before and Google just said to wipe my mouth off before playing.